&gt; I can&#x27;t think of a scenario where recursion results in a faster algorithm than an iterative form.<p>I&#x27;d wager, but can&#x27;t measure at the moment, that any code that requires a stack when transforming it from recursive form to iterative form would be faster leaving it in its recursive form in most languages. But I have no idea what percentage of problems that would even pertain to that programmers run into.