Racket

there must be a better way to do this right


(define (factorial n)
    (define (iter n result)
        (if (= n 0)
            result
            (iter (- n 1) (* result n))))
    (iter n 1))

>>44
Except that what you said was the point. LISP fanboys make it seem as though LISP is this ultra powerful language that can use recursion to elegantly provide solutions when in reality, it can be done in C, and often better.