David Hodgkinson writes: > On 4 Sep 2012, at 16:07, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote: > > > Piers Cawley writes: > > > > > Tower of Hanoi is always a better example for solving with > > > recursion than the fibobloodynacci sequence. If nothing else, the > > > recursive solution isn't quite so immediately obvious from the > > > problem, the terminating condition is obvious and an iterative > > > solution isn't quite so hogwhimperingly more efficient. > > > > Yes, that's much better. > > When was the last time you recursed in day to day web type code?
The point I was trying to make in the part of my message you snipped is that different teams value different skills. If you don't feel that adeptness with recursion is what marks out the really useful people in your team, then ask about something else instead. That a particular question is only relevant to some teams doesn't make it a poor question in the abstract. Smylers -- New series of TV puzzle show 'Only Connect' (some questions by me) Mondays at 20:30 on BBC4, or iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/onlyconnect