#! perl -w use strict; use diagnostics; use Carp; sub iterFac { my $max = shift; my $val = shift || 1; my $cnt = shift || 1; Carp::cluck("we are currently here:"); return $val if $cnt > $max; #iterFac($max, $val*$cnt, ++$cnt); @_ = ($max, $val*$cnt, ++$cnt); goto &iterFac; } my $x = iterFac(5); print "Factorial 5 = $x\n";