A function calls a function with its own name-- there is a resemblance to recursion, where a function calls a function with its own name. This is the first I've

A function calls a function with its own name-- there is a resemblance to recursion, where a function calls a function with its own name. This is the first I've ever heard of any controversy with the term "open recursion." Is it a common complaint, that the term "open recursion" abuses the notion of recursion?