In case you took this tweet seriously, it’s a joke and patently untrue. Recursion is the most elegant solution to many CS problems. Here’s an example:https://twitter.com/codeorg/status/1178038901136486400?s=21 …
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When you finish a PhD in computer science, they take you to a special room and explain that you must never use recursion in real life. Its only purpose is to make programming hard for undergrads. 
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When you finish a PhD in computer science, they take you to a special room and explain that you must never use recursion in real life. Its only purpose is to make programming hard for undergrads. https://twitter.com/triketora/status/1177335768475267072 …
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The Droste effect (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdrɔstə]), known in art as an example of mise en abyme, is the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself.
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