From: Katalin Sinkov <lispstylist@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to cast an imperative loop into a readable recursive function ?
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:22:46 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <749cc9e3-967e-4619-8beb-8a42647379f0@d24g2000prj.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7xk4jrmtmg.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com
On Dec 2, 7:18 pm, Paul Rubin <no.em...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Katalin Sinkov <lispstyl...@gmail.com> writes:
> > I am thinking of how McCarthy wrote all those difficult concepts
> > nicely as recursive functions. He dissected a problem ingeniously to
> > not have to iterate.
>
> If you like mathematical treatments, you might look for some of Richard
> Bird's papers on program refinement.
math would be an overkill and not needed. its issue of programming
style.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-03 1:50 How to cast an imperative loop into a readable recursive function ? Katalin Sinkov
2010-12-03 2:17 ` Paul Rubin
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2010-12-03 3:30 ` Paul Rubin
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2010-12-03 7:29 ` Paul Rubin
2010-12-03 9:44 ` Tim Bradshaw
2010-12-03 2:48 ` RG
2010-12-03 3:12 ` Katalin Sinkov
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2010-12-03 3:22 ` Katalin Sinkov [this message]
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2010-12-03 7:37 ` Katalin Sinkov
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