#N canvas 6 61 600 605 10; #X declare -lib Gem; #X obj 14 66 gemwin; #X obj 14 9 tgl 15 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 0 1 ; #X msg 48 10 create; #X msg 55 33 destroy; #X obj 14 93 gemhead; #X text 170 17 A tutorial on recursion in Gem; #X text 170 37 (GPL) 2007 Claude Heiland-Allen ; #X obj 30 159 r \$0-recurse; #X obj 68 133 v \$0-depth; #X obj 14 113 t a b; #X floatatom 84 70 5 0 0 2 max-depth - -; #X obj 14 187 t a a; #X obj 60 188 circle; #X obj 14 325 separator; #X obj 36 536 s \$0-recurse; #X obj 14 416 t b a b; #X obj 99 446 v \$0-depth; #X obj 99 466 - 1; #X obj 99 486 max 0; #X obj 99 506 v \$0-depth; #X obj 36 516 spigot; #X obj 14 446 v \$0-depth; #X obj 14 486 v \$0-depth; #X obj 14 466 + 1; #X obj 68 113 f 4; #X obj 14 346 rotate 0 0 0 1; #X obj 126 303 * 72; #X obj 14 366 translate 2 0 1 0; #X obj 14 386 scale 0.35; #X obj 14 270 nrepeat 5; #X obj 119 236 t f f; #X floatatom 118 196 5 0 0 2 count - -; #X obj 149 259 swap 360; #X obj 149 282 /; #X obj 118 215 clip 1 16; #X obj 84 89 clip 1 6; #X text 170 77 Recursion can be combined with iteration to make complex structures. However \, using the [repeat] from Zexy is no longer enough. Trying to use it with an external counter leads to re-entrancy bugs \, because the [repeat] is retriggered before the counter has finished \, which messes up the counter's internal state. [nrepeat] is a "repeat with a built in counter" \, which is re-entrancy safe.; #X obj 440 9 declare -lib Gem; #X connect 1 0 0 0; #X connect 2 0 0 0; #X connect 3 0 0 0; #X connect 4 0 9 0; #X connect 7 0 11 0; #X connect 9 0 11 0; #X connect 9 1 24 0; #X connect 10 0 35 0; #X connect 11 0 29 0; #X connect 11 1 12 0; #X connect 13 0 25 0; #X connect 15 0 21 0; #X connect 15 1 20 0; #X connect 15 2 16 0; #X connect 16 0 17 0; #X connect 17 0 18 0; #X connect 18 0 19 0; #X connect 18 0 20 1; #X connect 20 0 14 0; #X connect 21 0 23 0; #X connect 23 0 22 0; #X connect 24 0 8 0; #X connect 25 0 27 0; #X connect 26 0 25 1; #X connect 27 0 28 0; #X connect 28 0 15 0; #X connect 29 0 13 0; #X connect 29 1 26 0; #X connect 30 0 29 1; #X connect 30 1 32 0; #X connect 31 0 34 0; #X connect 32 0 33 0; #X connect 32 1 33 1; #X connect 33 0 26 1; #X connect 34 0 30 0; #X connect 35 0 24 1;