Curse of Recursion in .NET C#

Why and How you should always try to replace Recursion with something else in .NET C#

One of the famous mistakes I come across from time to time while performing code reviews is the excessive uncalled-for usages of Recursion.

I can hear someone asking now: What is wrong with Recursion?!!

My answer is: Recursion is not always bad if you know when and how to use it. Sometimes there is some better alternatives which you could be missing.

The main concern about using recursion is that it is too expensive in terms of memory consumption. That’s why you need to be cautious about using it.

You don’t believe me, right? Let me show you an example.

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Authors:

• Ahmed Tarek Hasan