Recursion, in sum, allows language to become an infinite system. The Chomskyan view is that this ability is quite special, unique to humans.

C (, as in the letter c) is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language. It supports structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system ...

Other researchers are starting to delve into fieldwork with the Piraha people and have come to a different conclusions about whether or not the language has recursion.