C Programming - Functions - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Functions - General Questions (Q.No. 3)
3.
How many times the program will print "IndiaBIX" ?
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("IndiaBIX");
    main();
    return 0;
}
Infinite times
32767 times
65535 times
Till stack overflows
Answer: Option
Explanation:

A call stack or function stack is used for several related purposes, but the main reason for having one is to keep track of the point to which each active subroutine should return control when it finishes executing.

A stack overflow occurs when too much memory is used on the call stack.

Here function main() is called repeatedly and its return address is stored in the stack. After stack memory is full. It shows stack overflow error.

Discussion:
31 comments Page 4 of 4.

Within said:   1 decade ago
Explain the problem once again?


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