In Koepke's paper, "Turing Computations On Ordinals", one has the following (well-known) result: >A set $x$ is ordinal computable from a finite set of ordinal parameters if an only if it is an element of the constructible universe. In Sacks' survey article, "E-Recursive Intuitions", one finds these (possibly related) results: >Proposition 3.1. $V=L$ iff $L$ is E-recursively enumerable... >Proposition 2.3. There exists a $\Delta_1$ definable class that is not E-recursively enumerable. Now, since the above theorem of Koepke's characterizes the constructible sets as those ordinal computable from a finite set of ordinal parameters (note that the _pure sets_ are sets of ordinals), one should be able to characterize the axiom $V=L$ as 'Every set of ordinals is ordinal computable from a finite set of ordinal parameters.' Substituting this characterization for $V=L$ in Sacks' theorem, one has 'Every set of ordinals is ordinal computable from a finite set of ordinal parameters iff $L$ is E-recursively enumerable.' It is interesting to note that Sacks' proof of Theorem 3.1 from his paper gives an indication of what must happen if $V\neq L$ (most set theorists do not believe that $V$=$L$ is an 'acceptable' axiom): >Proof of 3.1. Suppose $\forall x(x\in L\leftrightarrow\{e\}(x)\downarrow)$ and $V\neq L$. Then for some $b\notin L$, $\{e\}(b)\uparrow$. By Proposition 2.2 ["If $A$ is E-recursively enumerable, then $A$ is $\Delta_1$ definable."--my comment], divergence [$\uparrow$--my comment] is $\Sigma_1$ definable. Then by Levy-Shoenfield absoluteness, $\{e\}(x)\uparrow$ for some $x\in L$. Hence the question asked in the title. Three other questions: 1. Can one 'force' $L$ to be not E-recursively enumerable? 2. If $V\neq L$, are there constructible, non-E-recursively enumerable sets? 3. Since $L$ is usually considered a 'class', is E-recursion defined for classes (since it is based on Normann's "Set recursion")? (Hope this is not too silly a question....)