GATE1989-10a

Question

Will recursion work correctly in a language with static allocation of all variables? Explain.

Answer 1

Recursion can not be used for static variables since the memory for static variables are allocated only once . so if we use recursion, then it  may give incorrect result . Generally, we do not want such things when implementing recursion.

For detailed explanation, refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10290527/why-do-static-variables-not-allow-recursion