[GHC] #8189: Default to infinite stack size?

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#8189: Default to infinite stack size?
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        Reporter:  nh2               |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by nh2):

 Another way to phrase it is:

 If you have a language that is supposed to perform recursion on
 arbitrarily large input, and recursion is implemented with a stack, then
 the stack cannot be limited.

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