Recursion

[Rusky]

If you can end a loop by turning off the computer, then it's not infinite according to your definition. Apparently.

Anyway, you assume wrong. The computer doesn't just shut down when it runs past the kernel's code. If that ever happens, it starts executing whatever garbage happens to be there. Shutting down the computer is pretty forceful, even if it's the OS doing it.

[RetroX]

If you can end a loop by turning off the computer, then it's not infinite according to your definition. Apparently.

Anyway, you assume wrong. The computer doesn't just shut down when it runs past the kernel's code. If that ever happens, it starts executing whatever garbage happens to be there. Shutting down the computer is pretty forceful, even if it's the OS doing it.

Well, not having much hardware knowledge, I'll have to trust that you're telling the truth on that one.

However, beyond the kernel, infinite loops are hardly ever "intentional."

Also:

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double sine(double x) { return sine(x+8*atan(1)); }

[Rusky]

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isurd n = sqrt (n + isurd n)

[score_under]

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isurd n = sqrt (n + isurd n)

isurd = (1+sqrt(4n+1))/2 ?

[MahFreenAmeh]

http://enigma-dev.org/docs/pages/Recursion

[The 11th plague of Egypt]

To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.