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On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 10:20:19AM -0700, Dave Smith wrote:
> Last thought: There is one concept that *must* be shown to would-be
> programmers to help them make the leap from writing a list of
> instructions to actual programming, and that is this:
>
> i = i + 1
Thus are young minds irreversably corrupted.
The correct concept to teach, of course, is f(i) := f(i) + 1.
Mike
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Michael A. Halcrow
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To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
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