# recursive_limit_of_999.py

# recursive_limit_of_999.py

def recursive(limit, n=0):
    if n >= limit:
        return n
    return recursive(limit, n + 1)

for z in [998,50,999]:
    try:
        print recursive(z)
    except:
        print z, '!!! RuntimeError: Maximum Recursion Depth Exceeded'