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Recursive sleeping
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Recursive sleeping is a programming language that uses sleeping and recursive sleeping to do stuff
Instructions
| Thing | Desc | Ex |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep (while knowing (somethings))?: (code) Wake up |
sleep maybe while knowing something | Sleep:
|
| Sleep layer | returns the sleep layer | Sleep layer (note: sleep layer is 0) |
| Remember (something) at this layer | remember something and can go out of sleeping | Remember Sleep:
|
| Remember the thing remembered in (a sleep) | returns the thing remembered in the sleep there | Remember the thing remembered in Sleep: |
| Use the (n)th thing you knew before | returns the nth thing you knew when you slept | Use the 1st thing you knew before
|
| Use the (n)th thing you knew right now | returns the nth thing you knew now | Use the 1st thing you knew right now
|
Examples
Cat
Remember "hi" at this layer Remember the thing remembered in sleep while knowing (use the 1st thing you knew right now): Remember (use the 1st thing you knew before) Wake up