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- %C%Inductive Logic, Iteration and Recursion
- %C%by Gerald L Fitton
- Keywords:
- Primes Induction Iteration Recursion Fitton
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- The files in this directory are here to entice you to want to read
- my articles on the subjects in the title. They will appear on the
- quarterly discs sent to PipeLine 4 subscribers. The custom function in
- the file [c_Prime] doesn't even use recursion so the title of this
- [ReadMe] is a bit of a cheat really.
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- To see the custom function at work double click on [Primes01].
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- Mathematicians and logicians (as well as computer programmers) are
- interested in Inductive Logic, Iteration and Recursion and so I am
- working up a series on these related subjects. My excuse for using a
- 'repeat - until' loop in this directory under this heading is that any
- 'repeat - until' can be converted into a recursive function! If you do
- this and send me a copy in time for the August 1992 PipeLine 4 disc
- (conforming to the conventions referred to in the last paragraph) and
- if it is published then I will send you a PipeDream mug!!
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- Another reason for linking the words in the title is that any iterative
- or recursive problem can be 'converted' to a problem which uses the
- language of inductive logic and any inductive logic problem can be
- converted to an iterative process. So that's my justification.
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- My final reason for including this directory is that I am hoping to
- encourage you to send me more custom functions and I would like you to
- conform to a few conventions I have discussed with Robert Macmillan of
- Colton Software. You will find those recommendations in the
- directories Custom01 and Custom02 of the May 1992 PipeLine 4 disc. The
- custom function in this directory is a good example of conforming to
- the recommended conventions and it is a good example of a custom
- function anyway! Note that all variables are declared using set_name()
- before they are initialised using set_value(). The function set_name()
- is used only once when the variable is declared.
-