BrockCSC/project-euler — comment on commit 1c5c04f74c50ef19b86c46986501ff5f4a06639a
File: 015/15-dideler.py line 12
By dideler:

TIL: Tail recursion is considered a bad practice in Python, since the Python compiler does not handle optimization for tail recursive calls. The recursive solution in cases like this use more system resources than the equivalent iterative solution.

TL;DR Don't use (tail) recursion in Python.