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Re:Thinking About Recursion by tobr on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:25AM (#24745318)
I never found that joke particularly clever because it misses the significance of having a base case. So it’s just about infinite loops. Is there a version of it that includes a base case?
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Re:Thinking About Recursion by LudwigNagasena on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:03AM (#24745487)
Indeed, the joke seems to be more appropriate for something like “In order to understand circular reasoning, you must first understand circular reasoning.”
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Re:Thinking About Recursion by logarhythmic on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:35AM (#24745367)
The base case is understanding the joke
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Re:Thinking About Recursion by joppy on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:47AM (#24745415)
If you don’t yet understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
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