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On 10/05/2013 14:42, Bernd Eggink wrote:
> 
> The baffling fact is that the function 'error' from the standard library
> loops and eats up 100% CPU, instead of aborting the program. If the line
> is replaced by os.exit(1), the program halts immediately.
> 
Are you inside an xpcall()?  Maybe the error handler triggers the same
metamethod that threw the error, leading to infinite recursion?