From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T14:22:09+09:00
Subject: Lack of SystemStackError

Hi all,

Ruby 1.8.x (2,3,4)
Suse Linux 9.3
gcc 3.3.5
1 gb ram

Linux linux 2.6.11.4-21.9-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux

I notice that when I try a recursive function in an attempt to
deliberately raise a SystemStackError, it instead just goes  into an
infinite loop, freezes my system, and is eventually killed (with no
error), by the OS.

def foo; foo; end # example

I don't see this behavior on my other (Solaris, Windows) machines.
What's up?

Thanks,

Dan