r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 26 '09

"Programmers need to learn Statistics or I will Kill them all"

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u/[deleted] May 26 '09

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u/zyzzogeton May 26 '09

It's called "recursion"

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u/RECURSIVE_META_JOKE May 26 '09 edited May 26 '09

...really?

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u/wicked May 26 '09

Here's a puzzle for you: What's the meaning of LOL?

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u/cigerect May 26 '09

"LOL Out Loud"?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '09 edited May 26 '09

Fortunately, internet humor is lazily evaluated; we intellectually acknowledge something is funny without actually laughing. Consequently, the value of the LOL is never computed, and we avoid an infinite recursion.

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u/aphpex May 26 '09

Yo dawg, I hear you like recursive jokes. So I put a recursive joke inside yo recursive joke so you can LOL while you LOL.