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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:58:00 -0600
Subject: Re: English Idiom in Unix: Directory Recursively
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:06 AM, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4. Recursion in 'recursion theory' aka 'computability theory' is
> somehow different from recursion in programming.

Um, it is.  Consider the simple function (lambda x, y: x + y).
Mathematically, this function is recursive.  Algorithmically, it is
not.  Do you disagree?