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Recursion and Generators Homework
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    • Do you pronounce 'babel' in the same way?

      • Haha. No. A 'bauble' is something you decorate your Christmas tree with. 'Babel' is the Hebrew term for Babylon which means 'confusion'. But he's Swedish. So, we can't hate too much. They brought the world Ikea.

      • Follow Up Question: Will you now?

        • Only if I hate the person I'm talking to.

    • What is an example of why/where you might use recursion

      • Recursion can do everything a loop can do. But a loop can't do everything recursion can do. Matthias used an example of a nested menu so you can group all items with a common parent. The only way to do this with a loop is to have a lot of nested for loops. If a tree is 100 levels deep, you're going to have a bad time. Thus, recursion is the best option.
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Okay I lol'd at Only if I hate the person I'm talking to.

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