So what is recursion? It's a (rather elegant) mathematical concept applied to language. Like all science, the definition is contested. But here's a working definition handed down to me by a ...

species and cultural groups in a new study published in the June 26 issue of the journal Science Advances. "Recursion is a way to organize information that allows humans to see patterns in ...

Technically, iterative loops fit typical computer systems better at the hardware level: at the machine code level, a loop is just a test and a conditional jump, whereas recursion (implemented ...