Tail recursion vs exceptions vs C++

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Iain McClatchie <iain@truecircuits.com> writes:

| I cannot compile the following one-line program without
| disabling exceptions.  Fails for both GCC 3.2.2 and 3.2.1.
| 
| int main() { main(); }

This is not a valid C++ program: You cannot call main, not take its
address -- a difference from C. 

-- Gaby