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Re: Fibonacci series recursion error

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On 5/2/2011 9:14 AM, Hans Georg Schaathun wrote:
> On Sun, 01 May 2011 18:24:30 -0400, Terry Reedy

> :  Python does not do this automatically because 1) it can be a semantic
> :  change under some circumstances; 2) one who wants the iterative version
> :  can just as easily write it directly;
>
> That's the silliest argument I ever heard.

Calling something silly when you have not really read it and perhaps 
asked questions to really understand it is, to me, silly.

If you want a compiler that can introduce bugs into your program by 
doing what it thinks you meant, rather than what you said, don't use 
CPython.

> :        and 3) Python has a better way to
> :  process collections that removes essentially all the boilerplate in the
> :  recursive-call and while-loop versions:

To properly use modern Python, one should know and use for loops and 
iterators.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 15:40 +0100
  Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-01 09:18 +0100
    Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-01 09:04 +0000
      Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-01 10:27 +0100
        Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-01 11:56 +0000
          Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-01 14:15 +0100
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 06:49 +1000
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-02 06:36 +0100
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 16:28 +1000
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 16:30 +1000
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error (slightly OT) Dave Angel <davea@ieee.org> - 2011-05-02 08:50 -0400
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-02 01:09 +0000
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-02 10:41 +0100
        Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-01 18:24 -0400
          Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-02 14:14 +0100
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-02 16:41 +0000
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-02 21:02 +0100
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-03 00:21 +0000
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 20:42 -0700
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-03 06:13 +0100
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Robert Brown <robert.brown@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 01:44 -0400
                Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-08 12:59 +0000
                Development time vs. runtime performance (was: Fibonacci series recursion error) Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2011-05-08 19:34 +0300
                Re: Development time vs. runtime performance (was: Fibonacci series recursion error) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 12:49 +1000
                Re: Development time vs. runtime performance (was: Fibonacci series recursion error) Robert Brown <robert.brown@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 23:01 -0400
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-02 14:56 -0400
            Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 07:56 +1000
              Re: Fibonacci series recursion error Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-03 08:01 +0100

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