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The new functions do not have names, so you will need to use the old functions to write self-recursive functions.

Or you can use the Y Combinator for extra fun...

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/YCombinator#E...

Can't you assign the function to a var and invoke that in the function body, like in Coffeescript? Otherwise I'm missing something.

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