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Explain recursion to your kids

Today saw this explanation of recursion on proggit (direct link). This is the best way to teach recursion for kids (3 to 5 years).

A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog,
  who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear,
    who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel...
      who fell asleep.
    ...and the little bear fell asleep;
  ...and the little frog fell asleep;
...and the child fell asleep.

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Written by cnu

September 19th, 2008 at 10:30 am

Posted in General Programming

Tagged with proggit, programming, recursion

3 Responses to 'Explain recursion to your kids'

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Brilliantly done!

natraj

20 Sep 08 at 1:18 am
Superb post! I read it aloud to my friends here.
We all ended up in laughter.

Pradeep

20 Sep 08 at 10:35 pm
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