I'm wondering how to get an stack overflow error with a simple example, such as: 

```
int recursSum (int n)
{
   return (n==1)? 1:n+recursSum(n-1);
}

```

I ask that stupid question because I only have some *Segmentation fault*, even with an empty function calling itself… 

Am I missing something or is there any *protection* or something that prevents me for doing this?