How does the 'Build Automatically' setting in Eclipse contribute to stack overflow errors?

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How does the 'Build Automatically' setting in Eclipse contribute to stack overflow errors?
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'Build Automatically' forces Eclipse to rebuild the entire workspace whenever any file changes. This can lead to excessive memory usage if the workspace is large and changes are frequent. Try setting it to 'Manually' and only building when needed.