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“Another example is the definition of a palindrome, which we can define as follows: A word is a palindrome if it has less than two letters (the simple case) or if its first and last letter are the same and the letters in the middle form a palindrome (the recursive step). The simplest way to write a Logo program for recognizing palindromes would be to use this recursive definition.”

William Daniel Hillis, The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
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The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work by William Daniel Hillis
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