Re: CoBOL moved to OO

From: Judson McClendon (judmc_at_sunvaley0.com)
Date: 01/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 11:34:30 GMT

"RKRayhawk" <rkrayhawk@aol.com> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" judmc@sunvaley0.com
> >
> > All recursive algorithms can be coded iteratively,
>
> Yeah.? Well maybe, but not by all persons. The issue is the labor force. Are
> there algorithms that can be coded more easily as recursive expressions versus
> iterative expressions? Is it the case that some folks can indeed see the
> algorithm at long last when they are thinking in recursive paradigms, whereas
> they is utterly blind to it in flatlanderese?

Yes, I agree. :-)

> I would assert, in opposition to your thought, that some folks can think the
> algorithm in recursion and not think it in iteration and that is why the
> availability of the tools of that genre matter.

I agree with you , I agree with your whole post.

Sorry if I gave another impression :-) 

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