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[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't get this meme. Can anyone explain what this meme means?

[–] Xanvial@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This is called Tower of Hanoi problem, usually introduced as main task when learning about recursion in programming

[–] sweetlemon@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The meme basically shows how a non-programmer sees the Towers of Hanoi game as a fun little puzzle, while a programmer sees it as a traumatizing experience due to the recursive nature of the algorithm behind it