What happens to the available call stack memory when a recursive function lacks a proper base case in a system controlling an autonomous drone?

💡 Explanation

A lack of a proper base case in recursion causes infinite calls because the recursive calls never stop, leading to the function continuously pushing new stack frames without popping them. Therefore, a stack overflow error occurs, rather than other scenarios, because the memory allocated for the call stack is exhausted.

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