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On (IBM's) VM/CMS, the limit of recursion was built-into CMS to stop run-away REXX programs, it was either 200 or 250 as I recall.
On (IBM's) VM/CMS, the limit of recursion was built-into CMS to stop run-away REXX programs, it was either 200 or 250 as I recall.
<br>I believe that later this was changed to allow the user to specify the limit. My memory is really fuzzy about these details.
<br>I believe that later this was changed to allow the user to specify the limit. My memory is really fuzzy about these details.
<lang rexx>/*REXX program test limits of recursion.*/
<lang rexx>/*REXX program tests the limit of recursion. */
n=0
n=0
call self
call self
exit /*this statement will never be executed.*/
exit


self: procedure expose n
self: procedure expose n