"Using 800 kB of stack is an incredibly dumb thing to do ..., but it still shouldn't cause a huge drop in performance." Dunno about you, but if I accidentally

"Using 800 kB of stack is an incredibly dumb thing to do ..., but it still shouldn't cause a huge drop in performance." Dunno about you, but if I accidentally use 800 kB of stack, I want the computer to emit fire every time the function is called.