tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 07 09:57:55 1996
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recursion
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: recursion
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 09:55:39 -0700 (PDT)
*Metamagical Themas* pongbogh paq ghItlh *Douglas Hofstadter*
'oH bolaD'a'
SaH'eghbogh mu'tlhegh DIqelchugh, Dajbogh tlhaQwI' wIghajlaH
Has anybody out there read Douglas Hofstadter's book, "Metamagical Themas"? I
think that we could have some interesting fun with self-referential sentences
and other bizarre language constructs such as he describes.
wa': lughbe' mu'tlheghvam
This sentence is false. (the classic)
cha': qechbe' chuwI' jIH
I am a clueless newbie.
wej: wotbe' mu'tlheghvam
This sentence no verb.
loS: mu'tlheghvam yIlaDQo'.
Do not read this sentence.
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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