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Re:Reconsidering the way I explain programming (2020) by lupire on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @09:46AM (#27983671)
That's a stack, not recursion. Recursion is self-reference.
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Re:Reconsidering the way I explain programming (2020) by ummwhat on Thursday July 29, 2021 @10:17AM (#27996842)
The same brain function is processing every layer of the stack. Its the call stack of a recursive function.
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