[otabdeveloper4]

Sorry, you just haven't dealt with any real-world scenarios and real-world people.

Yes, recursion is not acceptable.

No, this isn't about copy-paste. In the "real world" non-coders produce write-only code. (Nobody can read or reproduce somebody else's "formulas", but they will happily write their own, spanning multiple pages.)

Troubleshooting and writing complex code is acceptable for non-coders, as long as the programming language is not Turing complete. (The human brain seems to have real trouble processing Turing-complete constructs, it is somethig that needs explicit training. Recursion or loops doesn't matter.)

[eternalban]

> Sorry, you just haven't dealt with any real-world scenarios and real-world people.

I've been a professional s/e since 1986. Have seen quite a bit and all varieties of dev teams, rest assured.

> In the "real world"

You seem to be arguing for the merits of e.g. Exel type of programming, which I have not addressed at all. We were actually discussing "beginners".