Recursion Without the Headache: Managing Game State in Elixir

&ldquo;Use recursion for your game loop.&rdquo; Many programming languages support recursion, but for the vast majority of my career, I&rsquo;ve avoided it. Even when it seemed intuitive, I&rsquo;d get feedback from other developers that this was exotic. Elixir changes that and turns recursion into an idiomatic approach. The Game Loop Concept Every game has the same basic structure: Display…