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"Recursion is the GOTO of functional programming." -- Erik Meijer
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factorial.py
# "Recursion is the GOTO of functional programming." -- Erik Meijer
def fact(n):
return reduce(lambda x, y: x * y, range(1, n + 1))
print(fact(5))
# => 120
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