Glenn Parker wrote:
> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> >
> > Ruby uses C stack, so that you need to use ulimit to specify a limit
> > on stack depth.
>
> Thank you for the tip, but I'm afraid ulimit is not an option under
> WinXP, and I have no idea what the corresponding tweak would be.
>
> I will suggest to the Shootout folks that they try boosting the stack
> size with ulimit for the Ackerman test.

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=ackermann&lang=all