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Re: A recursion question/test... (fwd)
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 12 May 1999 03:04:51 GMT
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Jim Choate <RAVAGE@EINSTEIN.stopspammersSSZ.COM>
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> Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:52:16 -0700
> From: JR Conlin <jrconlin@email.com>
> Subject: Re: A recursion question/test...
> At 08:19 PM 5/11/99 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> > Describe as simple a recursive algorithm as possible for summing the first n
> > numbers.
Make that 'numbers' into 'positive integers' and it'll make more sense
perhaps.
> Well, you didn't specify if the numbers existed in a list or were
> iterative, and you didn't specify language so:
It's recursive, the only number you know is n. Language is really
irrelevant. I asked for an algorithm. I'll give you a hint, it consists of
two sentences (if you do it in Prolog they are the program).
I'll post them tomorrow morning before I go to work.
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