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Idiom #31 Recursive factorial (simple)

Create the recursive function f which returns the factorial of the non-negative integer i, calculated from f(i-1)

(defn f [i]
  (loop [cnt i, acc 1N]
    (if (zero? cnt) acc
      (recur (dec cnt) (* cnt acc)))))

This supports arbitrary-precision and self tail call optimization.
function F (I : Natural) return Natural is (if I < 2 then 1 else I * F (I - 1));

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