Software bugs aren't inevitable

phil hunt zen19725 at zen.co.uk
Thu Sep 15 13:07:28 EDT 2005


On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:56:06 +1000, Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> wrote:
>
>Are you saying that the recursion done by "serious" languages is a fake?
>That it is actually implemented behind the scenes by iteration?
>
>It seems to me that if recursion and iteration produce "the exact same
>machine code", the argument for preferring recursion over iteration is
>gutted.

It seems to me that if a high level language and assembler produce
"the exact same machine code", the argument for preferring high
level languages is gutted.

Do you see the fallacy in your statement now?

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