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michael@northbound:~$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Oct  5 2008, 19:24:49) 
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.setrecursionlimit(sys.maxint)
>>> sys.setrecursionlimit(2**31-1)
>>> def f():
...     f()
... 
>>> f()
Segmentation fault
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