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From: Caerwyn B Jones <cjones83@csc.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] acme mail "feature"
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Date: Mon,  4 Oct 2004 08:33:02 -0400
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> I once saw a cgi that implemented recursive calls to a function by
invoking the
> cgi (itself) via an http request for the URL corresponding to it.

I implemented a fileserver that opened/read/write files that it was serving
itself
using the system calls.
I suppose this is folly. But is it called recursion?

-Caerwyn