Process finished with exit code -1073741571

That is the signed integer representation of Microsoft’s “stack overflow/stack exhaustion” error code 0xC00000FD.

You might try increasing your executable’s stack size as described in the answer here: How to overcome Stack Size issue with Visual Studio (running C codes with big array)

Anytime you see strange, large negative exit codes in windows, convert them to hex and then look them up in the ntstatus error codes http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc704588.aspx

You may also use the MS Error Lookup Tool to find such codes locally, or even automatically. Other, similar tools exist both by Microsoft and third parties.

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