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→Recursive calling: explaining difference between recursive calling and using "fork" to get a loop
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===Recursive calling=== | ===Recursive calling=== | ||
A function can call itself, which is useful for various looping behavior, but a function can only call itself up to about four times. | A function can call itself, which is useful for various looping behavior, but a function can only call itself recursively up to about four times. Note that this limit is bypassed if you use "[[#Fork|fork]]" to call a function from within itself, but this no longer counts as recursing because the logic will not complete in a predictable inside-to-outside order. | ||
===Returning=== | ===Returning=== | ||