From: Michael Linfield Date: 2009-12-02T11:09:21+09:00 Subject: Re: have a problem with the loops and variable >Not impressed with this explanation. It wasn't supposed to be an involved explanation... there is only so much time in the day. >And have you done those benchmarks? N being the recursive function. N CPU secs Time(sec) 3 0.05 468 7 0.28 484 11 3.83 724 N CPU secs Time(sec) 3 2.06 2,424 7 14.21 2,532 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.