Regarding our need to check-and-rethrow exceptions in IronPython , int19h asks "Shouldn't exception filters do the trick without the need to rethrow explicitly?" That's a good question. In fact, I had the exact same reaction when I first started looking...

A stack overflow is not a recoverable exception under .NET. When your program runs out of stack space, the CLR will tear down your process without giving you the chance to do anything about it. So, how many frames can you get onto the stack before the...