Comment on How recursion got into programming: intrigue, betrayal, and advanced semanticsparentComments−krapp3yHN's software automatically edits titles for brevity, which is likely what happened here.−mtVessel3yAnd almost always renders them less readable, and occasionally unparsable. I do wish they'd turn off this "feature". I've yet to hear a coherent explanation for how this improves the quality of submissions.−lioeters3yI agree, removing the "How" from an article title is a weird feature that almost always behaves like a bug.
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HN's software automatically edits titles for brevity, which is likely what happened here.
And almost always renders them less readable, and occasionally unparsable. I do wish they'd turn off this "feature". I've yet to hear a coherent explanation for how this improves the quality of submissions.
I agree, removing the "How" from an article title is a weird feature that almost always behaves like a bug.