Thanks, "I would not call it a recursive function just because it calls itself; I'd call it a self-referencing function." - this cleared a lot of things. I'll a

Thanks, "I would not call it a recursive function just because it calls itself; I'd call it a self-referencing function." - this cleared a lot of things. I'll a write an answer based on this and other things that I read. This will help someone someday.