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A non-programming recursion explanation

• jimfl 16y ago
  That implementation had no exit conditions on the recursion, so after the child fell asleep, my computer went to sleep.
  • slmbrhrt 16y ago
    It appears that the exit condition is that you're a little weasel, or your mom finishes the story. Clearly, the original mom could have optimized by telling a story about a little weasel that couldn't get to sleep.
• Gonsalu 16y ago
  ... except that's not recursion.
  • metellus 16y ago
    No, but it does a good job of explaining the "flow" of a recursive function. It's like doing a manual trace of factorial(4) without needing to know about coding.