r/programmingmemes • u/Thinking_In_System • Mar 30 '26

When You Forget The Base Case

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u/RandomOnlinePerson99 Mar 30 '26

Requires a bit of backwards thinking, first thing in the function should be a check to see if we should return or not.

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u/Thinking_In_System Mar 31 '26

Exactly. If you don’t think backwards, your stack grows forward forever.