fail.js

// node fail.js | head -n3
function write()
{
  try {
    process.stdout.write('Hello, world\n');
  } catch (ex) {
    throw new Error('this should not happen');
  }
  process.nextTick(function () { write(); });
}

process.stdout.on('error', function (er) {
  console.error(er);
  process.exit(42);
});

write();