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We use the algebraic theory of programs as in Blikle [2], Mazurkiewicz [5] in order to show that the difference between programs with and without recursion is of the same kind as that between cut free Gentzen type formalizations of predicate and prepositional logics.
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Wasilewska, A. Programs and logics. Stud Logica 44, 125–137 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379762
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