Personally, I think that analogy conceals more than it reveals. Recursion in computer software requires nested definitions that eventually reach a simple base case resulting in termination. An sram cell or J&#x2F;K flip-flop, on the other hand, doesn&#x27;t involve nesting or reach a simple base case.<p>In my mind recursion is a snake that has eaten a smaller snake, whereas an sram cell is a snake eating its own tail.