simple array cause exception

Question

#include \"stdafx.h\"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    float x[1000][1000];

    return 0;
}

I get \" First-chance exception at 0x013416

Answer 1

float is 4 bytes, so 4 * 1000 * 1000 = 4 megabytes.

"stack size defaults to 1 MB"

See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tdkhxaks(v=VS.100).aspx