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RE: Would-be hacker queries. / Re: Request for new list
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Mon, 10 May 1999 21:44:05 GMT
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Original-From:
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Blake Winton <blake.winton@pcdocs.%AntiSpam%com>
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> Eric Lind wrote:
> > recursion - the process of one function calling itself to solve a problem.
> > This is done by breaking the problem down to its smallest size, then • combining
> > the smaller solutions. Factorials are usually used as a simple example of
> > recursion. 6! = 6*5*4*3*2*1. One can repeatedly break the factorial down
> > until you reach 1, then recombine the problem to find the final solution.
You might want to add the recursive part of this example
(namely 6! = 6*(5!), and 5! = 5*(4!), and so on,
until you get 1!, which is equal to 1. Then you travel
back up the chain, multiplying as you go).
Later,
Blake.
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Scheme
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| Anyone consider scheme as a "language" to drive RCX? -- Richard Clemens Associate Professor Computer Science Department West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201 clemens@wvwc.edu 304.473.8421 -- Did you check the web site (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Would-be hacker queries.
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| (...) problem. (...) You know, I have never really liked the factorial example of recursion. Honestly, how many times have you really needed to generate a factorial in general experience? I feel a better example is building stuff with LEGO. In this (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Scheme
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| Could you give a brief description of scheme? I've heard that it is a fairly high level language and I know that a compiler or interpreter exists for it on linux. (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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