How to replace for-loops with a functional statement in C#?

Question

A colleague once said that God is killing a kitten every time I write a for-loop.

When asked how to avoid for-loops, his answer was to use a functional language. However

Answer 1

It depends upon what is in the loop but he/she may be referring to a recursive function

    //this is the recursive function
    public static void getDirsFiles(DirectoryInfo d)
    {
        //create an array of files using FileInfo object
        FileInfo [] files;
        //get all files for the current directory
        files = d.GetFiles("*.*");

        //iterate through the directory and print the files
        foreach (FileInfo file in files)
        {
            //get details of each file using file object
            String fileName = file.FullName;
            String fileSize = file.Length.ToString();
            String fileExtension =file.Extension;
            String fileCreated = file.LastWriteTime.ToString();

            io.WriteLine(fileName + " " + fileSize + 
               " " + fileExtension + " " + fileCreated);
        }

        //get sub-folders for the current directory
        DirectoryInfo [] dirs = d.GetDirectories("*.*");

        //This is the code that calls 
        //the getDirsFiles (calls itself recursively)
        //This is also the stopping point 
        //(End Condition) for this recursion function 
        //as it loops through until 
        //reaches the child folder and then stops.
        foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in dirs)
        {
            io.WriteLine("--------->> {0} ", dir.Name);
            getDirsFiles(dir);
        }

    }