From a perspective of what we do in real life, I think looping and recursion are the same thing. Pound 100 fence posts into the ground is either "do this, then

From a perspective of what we do in real life, I think looping and recursion are the same thing. Pound 100 fence posts into the ground is either "do this, then loop back and do it again until some stop point" (iterative) or "the base case is no posts left where you stop, otherwise pound the current posts into the ground" recursive. Recursive has the advantage that when you use the tools for it, recursive is easier to read. If I see e.g. a map, I know we're converting a collection of things to some other things without restriction. With a look, I just have to read through it to see what it's doing.