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The point isn't that everything is recursive - the point is that systems that are recursive / self-referential cause breakdowns in logic (they are incomplete).
This is a deep philosophical insight - it rhymes with the Buddhist idea of no-self - the problems that arise because we hold onto a false sense of self.
Energy efficiency is not a savior - increasing energy efficiency often leads to increases energy consumption, because of second & third order effects.
So what is the correct way to think about refactoring?
Should code that is delivering results, but is hard for others to understand & work on be refactored?
I forgot to put the non-paywall link! It's here - https://medium.com/better-programming/3-uncommon-bash-tricks...
I wrote an article covering three Bash commands that I find very useful - parameter expansion, `$_` and quick substitution.
Many of you will already use these - hopefully it is useful to a few of you!
This is an example of Jevon's Paradox - increases in the efficiency of use of a resource lead to increases in consumption of that resource - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
I wrote about this here - https://adgefficiency.com/jevons-paradox/