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Quick Recursion

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Quick Recursion demystifies the often intimidating concept of recursion, showing that it need not be complex or difficult. David Matuszek rejects the common, overwhelming approach that focuses on the computer's recursive process, instead teaching simple, practical rules that make writing recursive programs straightforward and accessible.
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Ideal for programming students and self-taught coders looking to grasp recursion quickly, as well as any developers eager to enhance their skills with an accessible guide to recursive programming.

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Recursion is considered to be an “advanced” topic. It shouldn’t be. While this little volume covers a number of advanced topics that involve recursion - tail recursion, pruning, recursive data structures, the use of accumulators, and backtracking - this book shows how recursion itself is actually rather simple.

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Recursion is the best tool for working with trees and graphs. But perhaps you’ve studied recursion and decided it’s too complicated. You just can’t think that way. That limits the kind of programming you can do.

Good news! Recursion is actually easy. It’s just badly taught.

See, many instructors talk about how the computer does it. They go on and on about what happens at each level of the recursion and how each level relates to other levels. The problem is that you can’t think in multiple levels. Nobody can. And you don’t have to.

This book will show you how you can write recursive programs. Once you understand a few simple rules, you will wonder why you ever thought recursion was complicated. You’ll be able to write recursive programs quickly and easily.

Well, as quick and easy as programming ever is, anyway.

Quick Recursion by David Matuszek offers an approachable way to grasp the concepts, enabling you to harness the power of recursion effectively.

Series: Quick Programming

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Praised by Martha Palmer, a respected professor in linguistics and computer science, the book is lauded for its clear, concise language and logical progression from basic to advanced concepts. It is recommended for both computer science students and self-taught programmers seeking a quick and effective primer on recursion.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032417592

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC

Illustration: 14 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 160

About the Author

David L. Matuszek was Director of the Masters in Computer and Information Technology course at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2001-2017). With 40 years teaching experience, and 45 years programming experience, David is skilled in both the design of innovative software systems and in teaching others how to master programming languages in an accessible and engaging way.

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