See recursion.
by weitzhandler August 09, 2019
Recursion is when something repeats. It does it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
That picture is having a smaller version of itself and a smaller and a smaller all the way down forever. It's recursion!
by May 19, 2021
In theory, a black hole is recursal.
If you understand programming, you can endlessly loop a method (a) by putting that methods name inside of its own method, therefore method (a) is going to be a recursal method.
If you understand programming, you can endlessly loop a method (a) by putting that methods name inside of its own method, therefore method (a) is going to be a recursal method.
by TheJok3r September 28, 2015
Here’s an example of a function that utilizes recursion:
def multiply(a, b):
#takes two integers and multiplies them
if b == 0:
return 0
else:
return a + multiply(a, b-1)
def multiply(a, b):
#takes two integers and multiplies them
if b == 0:
return 0
else:
return a + multiply(a, b-1)
by QWERTY mnbvcxz February 15, 2019
by Rachel September 05, 2004
Actually, recursion also includes a situation where B follows A and A follows B right back. Also, recursion doesn't have to be infinite. So there you go, that's your geek lesson for today.
A vicious circle uses recursion. Recursion exemplifies a vicious circle.
Recursion is not in common usage as far as I know. The whole entry is a joke (duh...)
Recursion is not in common usage as far as I know. The whole entry is a joke (duh...)
by SirReal June 21, 2006
by MemeLord🙃 January 06, 2020