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  Re: How recursive are #macros ?  
From: Remco de Korte
Date: 16 Sep 1998 09:36:50
Message: <35FFAF10.5DB9090E@xs4all.nl>
Peter Popov wrote:
> 
> As the subject indicates, I am curious just how many levels of
> recursion can
> one do with a 3.1 #macro. I want to play around with the Mandelbrot /
> Julia
> set, but POV crashes at higher iteration settings (50+). Has anyone
> explored
> the depth of the problem and/or have a solution / workaround? Thanks
> in
> advance,
> 
> Peter

I still have to install 3.01 but my guess it is a similar problem as
with recursive programming: you simply use to much memory. I don't know
how this is with POV-macros. With C or Pascal it depends on the amount
of variables you want to pass recursively AND the depth.

Remco


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