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		jeromebaek on Jan 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data structures to name-drop when you want to soun... This is called mutual recursion. Interpretors rely on it heavily.

paradoxparalax on Jan 29, 2019 [–]

Thank you very much , sincerely, jeromebaek. This is the real nice spirit of Hackernwes, and you are one of the heroes who help pass the good Knowledge. Thank you very much, buddy.

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