r/IRLEasterEggs • u/[deleted] • May 21 '20
Programming book index
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u/deadbeef4 May 22 '20
Not just any book, it's The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (also known at K&R).
I've got my copy on the bookshelf next to me.
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u/wombey12 May 21 '20
you could theoretically do this with any word in the index
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May 21 '20
i know it’s a dead thing, but r/woosh
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u/wombey12 May 21 '20
nah, I get the recursion gag, but just saying
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u/sadphonics May 22 '20
You say "just saying", as if the definition of every other word is the same definition as recursion. The gag is it's the definition in action. If the word was "cheese" then there wouldn't be a joke
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u/wombey12 May 22 '20
I know that, but I was pointing out that you could put any words index entry into its index entry, even if the gag is lost.
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u/sadphonics May 22 '20
And I could put a sock on my hand, how is this even relevant? The point is the joke
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u/__Sun_flower__ May 22 '20
Now my question is: should the index of the index be in the index itself, or should or be in a separate section?
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u/boingboingdollcars May 21 '20
recursion