title: What is the Linux Stack?
body: <p>I recently ran into a bug with the "linux stack" and the "linux stack size".  I came across a blog directing me to try</p>
  
  <pre><code>ulimit -a
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  <p>to see what the limit for my box was, and it was set to <code>8192kb</code> which seems to be the default.</p>
  
  <p>What is the "linux stack"? How does it work, what does it store, what does it do?</p>