bootstrap.bat fails with recursion exceeding stack limits on win32

[slowriot <riot@…>]

D:\upload\boost_1_57_0>bootstrap.bat
Building Boost.Build engine
******  B A T C H   R E C U R S I O N  exceeds STACK limits ******
Recursion Count=1240, Stack Usage=90 percent
******       B A T C H   PROCESSING IS   A B O R T E D      ******

D:\upload\boost_1_57_0\tools\build\src\engine>

Platform is 32bit Windows XP. This is not the same bug as ​https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10330

[slowriot]

Seven months later, we're on 1.58 and this bug still hasn't been addressed...

[sgolodetz]

As a data point, we're now on 1.59 and I have exactly the same problem on 64-bit Windows 10.