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How many times can you open a recursive process before you segfault?

#include <stdio.h>

int i;

void recurse()
{
  i++;
  printf("%d\n", i);
  recurse();
}

int main()
{
  i = 0;
  recurse();
}

I got 523506.

My C compiler compiles to Scheme, then I compile Scheme to native code.
So I have "an unbounded number of active tail-calls". This program just doesn't end!