Programmers deal with recursion all the time. It's actually quite a nice concept, but not a lot of people use it because of the mystery associated with it. To be honest, there's no mystery as such! Sometimes, a problem is too complex to solve because it is too big. If we can break the problem … Continue reading What Is Tail Recursion?
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How To Deal With Buffer Overflow
You must have encountered the word 'buffer' somewhere in your life. In everyday usage, buffer refers to something that acts as an intermediary between two things that don't get along. It's a shield which moderates the impact of one thing over the other. In the programming world, buffer refers to an area where we temporarily … Continue reading How To Deal With Buffer Overflow
Understanding Recursion: Part 4/4
In the previous posts, we understood the basics of recursion, we discussed what happens when a recursive call is made and we saw some recursive code. But all that was from a programmer's perspective. We looked at how we would see it. In this post, we will talk about about recursion from a machine's perspective. … Continue reading Understanding Recursion: Part 4/4
Understanding Recursion: Part 3/4
In the previous post, we discussed about how we can deconstruct a programming problem to use recursion to our advantage. We will continue to discuss about programming in this post as well. If you are not prepared to look at code, you may want to skip this post and proceed to the next one in … Continue reading Understanding Recursion: Part 3/4
Understanding Recursion: Part 2/4
In the previous post, we discussed about the general nature of recursion and recursive programming. We looked at a simple piece of code to understand how recursion happens under the hood. This post delves a bit deeper into recursive programming. Now that we understand recursion, how do we apply it to a real programming problem? We … Continue reading Understanding Recursion: Part 2/4
Understanding Recursion: Part 1/4
Remember the initial days when you were forced to learn recursive programming? And how you were thankful that it's all over and you don't have to deal with the whole thing anymore? Well, why do you think that is? Recursion is not all that bad! A lot of beginners who start out with programming somehow … Continue reading Understanding Recursion: Part 1/4
Perpetual Enigma 