"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
>
> Such a program is able to exist, yes
>
> ...however...
>
> Linux, like any responsible operating system, will throttle such a
> program's behaviour, usually by allowing the program to crash, but cutting
> it off before it kills the OS.
>
> You will probably get a message and a core dump at run time.
>
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Irv Mullins wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I have written an evil function that calls itself recursively.
I can take this to mean, "My function is evil," not
"recursion is evil", right? Since recursion is
one of the most beautiful things in the world,
when done properly...
-- Joe
> > Question: does linux provide protection against this type of
> > mistake, or will it eventually eat up the stack or whatever, as
> > it would on DOS, and crash the system?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Irv Mullins
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