On 6/29/2011 12:55, Warp wrote:
>    You can't impose a minimum amount of recursions because it depend on the
> size of the stack and how much stuff is allocated on it. You can allocate
> such a huge array on the stack that you might not be able to recurse even
> once without running out of stack space, regardless of how large the stack
> is.

That's why I thought maybe imposing a minimum stack size in bytes would work 
out better. Of course, compilers wouldn't become non-standard to support 
this - they'd just have to allocate big locals somewhere other than the 
stack, which is of course a bad idea for any reason other than compatibility 
with lame requirements. :-)

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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    driving without turn signals."

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