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   Janis Papanagnou to All   
   Re: Optimization of cascading recursions   
   24 Oct 25 15:36:58   
   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 24.10.2025 09:53, Rosario19 wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> into the above pair of functions, or anything similar.   
   >>   
   >> That's not ordinary optimization of the type which improves the code   
   generated   
   >> for the user's algorithm; that's recognizing and redesigning the algorithm.   
   >>   
   >> The line between those is blurred, but not /that/ blurred.   
   >   
   > int fib1(int n){return fib_tail(0, 1, n);}   
   >   
   > is different from   
   >   
   > int fib(int n){if(n<2) return 1;return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);   
   >   
   >   
   > both these function calculate from the 0 1  the number result, but   
   > fib() start to calculate from n goes dowwn until n=0, than goes up   
   > until n=input, instead fib1() go only down for n. It seen the calls   
   > (fib has 2 call each call... instead fib_tail() just 1), I think fib()   
   > is O(n^2) instead fib1 is O(n).   
      
   It's worse; it's O(2^N).   
      
   Janis   
      
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