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when is it best to use a recursive function vs a for loop (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gotos are generally avoided wherever possible in modern programming.

They make the code a lot harder to read and reason about.

With modern compilers I seriously doubt there's a huge difference.

But generally you want your code to be readable first and optimised where needed.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2288856/when-implementing-an-infinite-loop-is-there-a-difference-in-using-while1-vs-f/2288893#2288893