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How recursion got into programming: a comedy of errors
By now it is difficult to imagine that once there was a time when the utility, and even the possibility, of recursion in programming was in doubt. Yet that was true of the programming community aro…
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- 187
- HN comments
- 279
- Submissions
- 3
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- 8 commenters
Programming LanguagesHistory & Retro Computing2014
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2014 | How recursion got into programming: a comedy of errors by rudenoise | 187 | 108 |
| May 3, 2020 | How Recursion Got into Programming (2014) by headalgorithm | 127 | 47 |
| Aug 27, 2015 | How recursion got into Algol 60: a comedy of errors by sytelus | 103 | 124 |
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Linked from 8 Hacker News comments by 8 different people, from Jan 2016 to Apr 2024.
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