English Idiom in Unix: Directory Recursively

[Hans Georg Schaathun]

On 20 May 2011 06:55:35 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
  <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
:  On Thu, 19 May 2011 22:13:14 -0700, rusi wrote:
: 
: > [I agree with you Xah that recursion is a technical word that should not
: > be foisted onto lay users.]
: 
:  I think that is a patronizing remark that under-estimates the 
:  intelligence of lay people and over-estimates the difficulty of 
:  understanding recursion.

Could we then say that «recursion is a technical word that should
not /unnecessarily/ be foisted onto lay users»?


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:-- Hans Georg