4 forgotten code constructs: time to revisit the past? (medium.com) 2 points by SarasaNews 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] al2o3cr 9y ago ↗ #4 is "recursion"? WTF? I think folks who program in most tail-recursive languages would be surprised to hear that... [–] dagw 9y ago ↗ From TFA:"Functional programmers love recursion. Some functional programming languages such as Haskell even downright force you to use it, but the truth is that recursion is not natural outside of that world."
[–] dagw 9y ago ↗ From TFA:"Functional programmers love recursion. Some functional programming languages such as Haskell even downright force you to use it, but the truth is that recursion is not natural outside of that world."
[–] drallison 9y ago ↗ Note to self: articles whose title consists of a count plus a property are usually click bait and are not worth reading. This is an example.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 20.8 ms ] thread"Functional programmers love recursion. Some functional programming languages such as Haskell even downright force you to use it, but the truth is that recursion is not natural outside of that world."