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From: bourguet@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Eight Queens problem (was Re: Kindness)
Date: 1999/09/07
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In article <7r1c4c$9an$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> [...] one might say
>
> 8 queens is to backtracking as
> factorial is to recursion
>
> :-)

Do you want to say it is the canonical example of use or it is an as
good example: there is another way to solve the problem which usually
come first to mind?

I've never had problem with recursion, but for factorial except when
writing in a functionnal language I'll use iteration over recursion.

-- Jean-Marc


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