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> There is no way I am aware of that could compute anything of recursive nature with a constant number of parts.

Computers have a constant number of parts, and also can’t compute arbitrary recursive functions - they run out of space.

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Just define an escape condition, like do "recursions until we reach zero". I don't think recursion has to be infinite? One example is tail-recursion which can be statically defined by a compiler.

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