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i2shar
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Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
... (continued): The bartender gives him a puzzled look and says, "I didn't get it", to which the programmer responds "To understand recursion you must first understand recursion."
kinard
on Jan 21, 2021
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https://www.google.com/search?q=recursion
pvitz
on Jan 21, 2021
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This is a wonderful easter egg, thanks!
combatentropy
on Jan 21, 2021
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Did you mean where it says "did you mean . . . "?
pvitz
on Jan 21, 2021
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Yes
abiogenesis
on Jan 22, 2021
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I think the origins of the joke is the Jargon File:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/recursion.html
vram22
on Jan 21, 2021
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Google gets recursion:
https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2013/12/google-gets-recursion.ht...
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