A recent JavaWorld Community forum message (Stack Overflow after instantiating new object) reminded me that the basics of the StackOverflowError are not always ...

The function has a flaw in its base case. When both a and b are equal to 0, the function should return 0. Instead, it continues to recurse causing a stack overflow error, as the function never hits a ...

(1) An error condition that occurs when there is no room in the stack for a new item. A stack overflow can also occur when other things go awry; for example, a bad ...

This repository demonstrates a subtle stack overflow error in a seemingly simple recursive JavaScript function. The function foo calculates a result based on its ...