What are some common coding practices that contribute to Stack Overflow errors on Windows 7, and how can I avoid them?

Common contributors include: Excessive recursion without a proper base case; creating large arrays or data structures on the stack (use dynamic memory allocation on the heap instead); and very deep function call chains. To avoid these: Carefully design recursive functions with clear termination conditions; allocate large data structures using 'malloc' or 'new' on the heap, and remember to deallocate them when done; limit the nesting depth of function calls or refactor the code to reduce complexity; and be mindful of compiler settings related to stack size.