Crushing your computer, or whatever it is that you do as you write the great American novel.

砸碎电脑，随便你想怎样,当你创作最伟大的美国小说时。

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Treat the computer as though it were just a great chess player.

将计算机视为一名象棋健将

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How many of you have heard the term used before? How may have you heard the term used before in terms of programming languages? Great. For the rest you, don't sweat it. This is a highfalutin term that computer scientists use to try and make them look like they're smarter than they really are.

这里就要引入递归的概念了,你们中有多少人以前听过这个词？,你们中有多少人在编程语言中,用过这个词？,很好，剩下的同学也不要担心,这是电脑科学家们用来让自己,显得更聪明的夸张词汇。

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