Calling function recursively at regular intervals

Question

So I was wondering what is a better way (in terms of stack growth and performance) to recursively call a function at regular intervals? For example, lets say I want to read file

Answer 1

There is no recursion in the following simplified example:

function test()
{
   console.trace();
   setTimeout(test, 1000);
}

test();

output (note that stack is not growing)

Trace
    at test (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/private/tmp/rec.js:7:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:467:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function._load (module.js:312:12)
    at module.js:487:10
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:238:9)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)
Trace
    at Object.test [as _onTimeout] (/private/tmp/rec.js:3:12)
    at Timer.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)