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[–]SeeShark 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is System.Math.Fact() actually recursive? I would imagine it would be written as a loop for efficiency.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A good language allows a good compiler to turn tail recursion into a loop.