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[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They set a limit on number of recursive calls? Good luck trying to sort or search anything.

[โ€“] RustyNova@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

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Looking back at the code (Sigh), it's to prevent setting the CARGO variable to cargo mommy, and causing an infinite loop. You can still do cargo mommy mommy if you like double praises