On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:07:28 +0100, phil hunt wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:56:06 +1000, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Are you saying that the recursion done by "serious" languages is a fake? >>That it is actually implemented behind the scenes by iteration? >> >>It seems to me that if recursion and iteration produce "the exact same >>machine code", the argument for preferring recursion over iteration is >>gutted. > > It seems to me that if a high level language and assembler produce > "the exact same machine code", the argument for preferring high > level languages is gutted. > > Do you see the fallacy in your statement now?
Ah, yes, you got me on that one. But there is a difference: writing assembly is *hard*, which is why we prefer not to do it. Are you suggesting that functional programming is significantly easier to do than declarative? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
