Why should you care?

Stack traces in errors read bottom-to-top through the call stack.

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function c() { console.log("in c"); }
function b() { c(); }
function a() { b(); }
a();

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What happened?

• a calls b calls c.
• The stack grows then unwinds.
• Too deep recursion overflows the stack.

Practice next

1. Run a() → b() → c() and read console order.
2. Throw Error inside c and read stack trace bottom to top.
3. Step through in Sources debugger.
4. Wrap c in try/catch and log error.stack split by newlines.
5. Add a fourth function d() and see stack depth grow.

Remember

LIFO stack of calls Errors show stack trace Recursion depth has limits

ScriptVerse error reporting

Production sends error.stack from a failed payment handler to logging so engineers see the exact call path.

Outcome: Reading stack traces speeds up fixing bugs in nested utility calls.