what's so bad about recursion?

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I've read in books, and heard from other people; that recursion is a terrible decision. I sort of agree in certain situations. But say you have something like this... What's so bad about using recusion?

int i = 0;

if (i >= 10)
{
}
else
{
System.out.println(i + "");
i++;
}

vs some looping like this:

int i = 0;

while (i != 10)
{
  System.out.println(i + ""); 
  i++;

}

I just don't understand why recursion is a worse decision than choosing a looping or iterative type structure...



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