# Mutual Recursion Tail call optimization for mutually (indirectly) and directly recursive functions in Ruby. The current design uses a trampoline. However, it is implemented in a way that still allows a tail recursive function to easily return a Proc as its terminal value. ### examples ```ruby require 'mutual_recursion' include MutualRecursion def mutual_one(x, y = 0) return terminal_value(y) if x.negative? tail_call { mutual_two(x, y + 1) } end def mutual_two(x, y) tail_call { mutual_one(x - 1, y) } end mutual_one(50_000).invoke # => 50001 ``` ```ruby require 'mutual_recursion' include MutualRecursion def direct(x, y = 0) return terminal_value(y) if x.negative? tail_call { direct(x - 1, y + 1) } end direct(50_000).invoke # => 50001 ``` ```ruby require 'mutual_recursion' include MutualRecursion def proc_returning(x, y = 0) return terminal_value(proc { "|#{y}|" }) if x.negative? tail_call { proc_returning(x - 1, y + 1) } end generated_proc = proc_returning(20).invoke generated_proc.call # => "|21|" ``` ```ruby require 'mutual_recursion' def without_include(x, y = 0) return MutualRecursion.terminal_value(y) if x.negative? MutualRecursion.tail_call { without_include(x - 1, y + 1) } end without_include(50_000).invoke # => 50001 ```