/*REXX program shows mutual recursion (via the Hofstadter Male and Female sequences). */ /*───────────────── If LIM is negative, a single result is shown for the abs(lim) entry.*/ parse arg lim .; if lim=='' then lim= 99; aLim= abs(lim) w= length(aLim); $m.=.; $m.0= 0; $f.=.; $f.0= 1; Js=; Fs=; Ms= do j=0 for Alim+1 Js= Js right(j, w); Fs= Fs right( F(j), w); Ms= Ms right( M(j), w) end /*j*/ if lim>0 then say 'Js=' Js; else say 'J('aLim")=" word(Js, aLim+1) if lim>0 then say 'Fs=' Fs; else say 'F('aLim")=" word(Fs, aLim+1) if lim>0 then say 'Ms=' Ms; else say 'M('aLim")=" word(Ms, aLim+1) exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */ /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ F: procedure expose $m. $f.; parse arg n; if $f.n==. then $f.n= n-M(F(n-1)); return $f.n M: procedure expose $m. $f.; parse arg n; if $m.n==. then $m.n= n-F(M(n-1)); return $m.n