>>> import sys
>>> sys.getrecursionlimit()
3000

>>> help(sys.getrecursionlimit)
Help on built-in function getrecursionlimit in module sys:
getrecursionlimit(...)
 getrecursionlimit()
 Return the current value of the recursion limit, the maximum depth
 of the Python interpreter stack. This limit prevents infinite
 recursion from causing an overflow of the C stack and crashing Python.

>>> def fib(n):
...  if n == 1:
...   return 1
...  else:
...   return fib(n-1) + n
>>> fib(2989)
4468555

>>> fib(2990)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 File "<stdin>", line 5, in fib
 File "<stdin>", line 5, in fib
 File "<stdin>", line 5, in fib
 [Previous line repeated 2985 more times]
 File "<stdin>", line 2, in fib
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison
maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison

>>> import sys
>>> sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)
>>> sys.getrecursionlimit()
10000