Why should recursion be preferred over iteration?

Question

Iteration is more performant than recursion, right? Then why do some people opine that recursion is better (more elegant, in their words) than iteration? I really don\'t see

Answer 1

Here is some information on the pros & cons of recursion & iteration in c:

http://www.stanford.edu/~blp/writings/clc/recursion-vs-iteration.html

Mostly for me Recursion is sometimes easier to understand than iteration.