Describe the differences between iteration and recursion. Not really a difficult question, but I jumped in a bit quick on describing recursion in laymans terms (cinema row analogy) instead of actually pointing out the differences between the two.

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Abhishek Thakur · Accepted Answer

Sum Up: Iterative Algorithms = Fast Performance but hard to write (sometimes hard to read too)

Recursive Algorithms = Fast to write but Bad performance wise (Sometimes easier to understand too)

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