From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (Emacs bug Tracking System) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3760: marked as done (23.0.95; I can not understand what is `iterative' in 11.3.8 of `Intro to emacs lisp' .) 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From: waterloo To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636e9024b711deb046df902b5 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) --001636e9024b711deb046df902b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --text follows this line-- I can not understand what is `iterative' according to the footnote in 11.3.8 of `Intro to emacs lisp' . can you say more there ? thanks In GNU Emacs 23.0.95.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7) of 2009-06-21 on laptop Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10503000 configured using `configure '--prefix=/usr' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--program-suffix=-emacs-23' '--infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-23' '--with-sound' '--with-x' '--without-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xpm' '--with-xft' '--without-libotf' '--without-m17n-flt' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--without-hesiod' '--without-kerberos' '--without-kerberos5' '--with-gpm' '--with-dbus' 'build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: en_US.UTF-8 value of $LC_CTYPE: zh_CN.UTF-8 value of $LC_MESSAGES: en_US.UTF-8 value of $LC_MONETARY: en_US.UTF-8 value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_US.UTF-8 value of $LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8 value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=SCIM locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Info Minor modes in effect: minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode: t icicle-mode: t TeX-source-specials-mode: t show-paren-mode: t display-time-mode: t global-auto-complete-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t yas/minor-mode: t auto-image-file-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: C-x 1 M-x =70ed =7834 p e r e p o r e m Recent messages: Entering debugger... byte-code: End of buffer [16 times] Note: file is write protected [3 times] byte-code: End of buffer [9 times] Hit `?' 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I can not understand what is `iterative' = according to the footnote=A0 in
11.3.8 of `Intro to emacs lisp' .=A0=
can you say more there ?

thanks



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--001636e9024b711deb046df902b5-- ------------=_1256314810-21360-0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 3760-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 23 Oct 2009 16:10:45 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=4.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.104]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9NGAh26020492 for <3760-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:10:45 -0700 Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n9NGAcwn002426 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:38 -0400 Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 86BE7C070; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: waterloo Cc: 3760-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: Re: 23.0.95; I can not understand what is `iterative' in 11.3.8 of `Intro to emacs lisp'. Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:38 -0400 Message-ID: <871vku9jlt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) > I can not understand what is `iterative' according to the footnote in > 11.3.8 of `Intro to emacs lisp' . can you say more there ? The text explains: The process is called iterative because the computer need only record the three values, @code{sum}, @code{counter}, and @code{number}; the procedure is recursive because the function `calls itself'. If you don't understand the meaning of the word "iterative", try looking it up online, or in a programming text. I'm not sure it's suitable for this manual to go into detail about the differences between iteration and and recursion. ------------=_1256314810-21360-0--