For example, a toy from the nineteenth century has two forms, a man in western clothing and a Chinese man.

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And this is obviously a toy example but you could see the use of recursion in everyday life and in everyday use of language.

这只是个小例子,但在日常生活和日常用语中,递归的应用极为广泛

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