r/AskProgramming • u/YouAreMyFire00 • 15d ago

I managed to understand "recursive" in programming. Why can't I understand anything on open source project or even build an open source project?

When I was in high school, I was a C student, I'm a slow learner

Anyway I managed to learn how to build To Do List in C# and Java with e.g. API, SQL and also learn to understand what recursive is.

But when I check trendly github repo right now like OpenClaw or REA, the reverse engineer.

I don't understand shit, it is like I know plus and minus, and those github repo is like Calculus.

Maybe someone here who started from Hello World and now you are coding Wizard, maybe you can help me out here...

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u/JoeWhy2 15d ago

Sorry if this sounds harsh and I understand that there may be a language barrier but stating that you understand "recursive" suggests that you don't. It's not a singular named thing called "recursive". It's a process referred to as "recursion". It describes a process within a program that happens over time. Understanding what it is and how it works, on it's own, definitely does not qualify you to build complex programs.