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

(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 ...

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 ...

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