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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 5:51 am
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wideman
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Originally Posted by FewMiles
I think hierarchial would be more accurate than recursive. The latter could imply that your search might never be completed.
And the former could imply that it's a feature to be used only by ceratin social classes. It's a set of terminolgy that makes perfect sense primarily to UNIX geeks.

One can only wonder about the images conjured up by the technologically unwashed when they hear about orphan forums.
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