Weirdest way to produce a stack overflow

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C#

Really big struct, no recursion, pure C#, not unsafe code.

public struct Wyern
{
    double a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z;
}
public struct Godzilla
{
    Wyern a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z;
}
public struct Cyclops
{
    Godzilla a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z;
}
public struct Titan
{
    Cyclops a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z;
}
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // An unhandled exception of type 'System.StackOverflowException' occurred in ConsoleApplication1.exe
        var A=new Titan();
        // 26×26×26×26×8 = 3655808 bytes            
        Console.WriteLine("Size={0}", Marshal.SizeOf(A));
    }
}

as a kicker it crashes the debug windows stating that {Cannot evaluate expression because the current thread is in a stack overflow state.}


And the generic version (thanks for the suggestion NPSF3000)

public struct Wyern<T>
    where T: struct
{
    T a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z;        
}


class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // An unhandled exception of type 'System.StackOverflowException' occurred in ConsoleApplication1.exe
        var A=new Wyern<Wyern<Wyern<Wyern<int>>>>();
    }
}