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#the combination of two WFF's with a binary operator
#the combination of two WFF's with a binary operator
The LISP programming language uses a recursive data structure.
The LISP programming language uses a recursive data structure. Most programming languages permit recursion by allowing the programmer call a function within itself. Some have no syntax for making looping code other than by recursion.
A fascination with recursive definitions in the software development community ([[free software]] in particular) led to the invention of several recursive acronyms:
A fascination with recursive definitions in the software development community ([[free software]] in particular) led to the invention of several recursive acronyms:
*[[GNU]] (GNU's Not Unix)
*[[GNU]] (GNU's Not Unix)
*[[WINE]] (Wine Is Not an Emulator)
*[[WINE]] (Wine Is Not an Emulator)
*YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Fractal]]
*[[Fractal]]
*[[Recursiveness|Recursion]]
[[category:logic]]
[[category:logic]]
==External links==
[http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/unit-1/lecture-6-recursion/ Unit on recursion in free online computer science course from MIT.]