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---
comments: true
date: 2015-08-22 00:28
layout: post
tags: haskell, recursion, fibonacci numbers
title: Recursion
2017-01-22 21:30:42 +00:00
---
```haskell
fibonacci :: [Integer]
fibonacci = 1:1:(zipWith (+) fibonacci (tail fibonacci))
```
Above is a simple function that generates an infinite stream of fibonacci numbers. Its written in haskell.
This is a piece of code that made me think a lot lately, it make clever use of recursion to define the stream and computes with a linear number of additions. I think its pretty damn sexy!
## Notes:
- Many thanks to a co-worker who helped me figure this out.
- I hear that there are more efficient ways to compute fibonacci numbers (namley O(logn)). - should investigate this