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sudocrystal
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Apr 18, 2017
| - Tail Recursion | ||
| - Recursion - Recursion occurs when a method calls itself. | ||
| - Recursive Case - A recursive case is the part of the method that contains the recursion. | ||
| - Base Case - The base case is the part of the method that stops the recursion (and produces an answer I think). |
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re: (and produces an answer I think)
I've never thought about it like that, but I do think that's true.
| - Activation Chain/Stack - The activation chain are a cascade of steps the recursive method goes through. (They are the 'bubbles' I drew out to get the answers below.) | ||
| - Activation Record/Call - The activation record is the memory area in the computer where local data for your current operation is stored. | ||
| - Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep - This is a recursion that goes on infinitely. | ||
| - Tail Recursion - (I know this was not covered, just read about it out of curiosity.) My guess from googling: it is a method that has its recursive component (i.e. the method) in the last line of the block. |
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Close - it's where the last recursive call produces an answer and then that answer is served "up" all the recursive calls without any additional computations.
Recursion TracingGreat "reasonings". I think I meant to see "bubbles" as your reasoning, but your way works and made sense :) |
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