Comment on How recursion got into programming: intrigue, betrayal, and advanced semanticsComments−smadge3yI do love recursion, however is static allocation of activation records sometimes a useful feature (e.g. for safety critical or embedded systems)?−rurban3ySure. You can prove termination, bounded runtime space, and bounded runtime performance.FORTRAN being the most prominent example
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I do love recursion, however is static allocation of activation records sometimes a useful feature (e.g. for safety critical or embedded systems)?
Sure. You can prove termination, bounded runtime space, and bounded runtime performance.
FORTRAN being the most prominent example