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Jeff Bigham

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More options May 16, 2:49 pm

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From: Jeff Bigham <jeffrey.big...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:49:51 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Fri, May 16 2008 2:49 pm

Subject: Javascript recursion limit

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So, it appears that Javascript has a recursion limit of about 1000
levels on FF, maybe less/more on other browsers.

Should such deep recursion then generally be avoided in Javascript?
Surprisingly, deep recursion actually isn't that slow for what I'm
doing. Programming this task recursively is so much more
straightforward to me, but currently I'm forced to use an ugly hack to
avoid going over the 1000 level limit. Of course, it could just break
if it's lower in another browser, so it's not ideal.

Is recursion not a viable option in Javascript?

Thanks,
Jeff

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