[dajtxx]

I don't agree with your last statement. I've been programming forever, and I understand recursion, and I use it, but I never equate it with loops in my mind (unless I'm deliberately thinking that way, like now) and I always find it more difficult to think about than loops.

[dboreham]

This is more about people feeling they are clever. It's the CS equivalent of "everything is an eigenvector".