English Idiom in Unix: Directory Recursively

[Rikishi42]

On 2011-05-20, 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.

Why would you presume this to be related to intelligence?
The point was not about being *able* to understand, but about *needing* to
understand in order to use. 



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