cslinux:~% python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Aug 20 2007, 18:39:53)
[GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> def inf_recurse():
...     inf_recurse()
...
>>> inf_recurse()
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in inf_recurse
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in inf_recurse
...snip...
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in inf_recurse
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in inf_recurse
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
>>>