[sf-perl] Humorous RMS quote

Rich Morin rdm at cfcl.com
Wed Mar 8 21:54:47 PST 2006


Hofstadter's book elevates recursion (in the broadest sense of
self-reference) to exalted heights, leading to Andrew Plotkin's recursive
definition of recursion: "If you already know what recursion is, just
remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who is standing closer to
Douglas Hofstadter than you are; then ask him or her what recursion is."

  http://www.cabochon.com/~stevey/blog-rants/godel-escher-blog.html
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