Recursion is not intrinsically better or worse than loops—each has advantages and disadvantages, and those even depend on the programming language (and implementation).

Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.

Strange Loop talks have introduced me to some of the most interesting new programming languages in the industry. Languages like Idris and Elm, for instance, were introduced respectively by their ...

The condition is checked after each iteration of the loop. The DO WHILE statement executes a group of statements repetitively as long as the condition that you specify remains true. The condition is ...