Chapter 5. Hello Recursion!
Some readers accustomed to imperative and object-oriented programming languages might be wondering why we haven’t covered loops already. The answer to this is a question: What is a loop? The truth is that functional programming languages usually do not offer looping constructs like for and while. Instead, functional programmers rely on a silly concept called recursion, which is the topic of this chapter.
How Recursion Works
Recall how invariable variables were explained in Chapter 1 (if you can’t, reread Invariable Variables in Invariable Variables). Recursion can also be explained with the help of mathematical concepts ...
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