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Re: idl for OS/2 [message #1321 is a reply to message #1320]

Tue, 07 September 1993 13:43

pat
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Registered: June 1992

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Phil Kaaret (kaaret@carmen.phys.columbia.edu) wrote:
> I am very interested in obtaining IDL for OS/2. I currently
> run IDL on windows and on a Sun. The environment for windows
> is nice, but I am constantly plagued by out of memory errors,
> particularly having to do with editing files. These error
> include a limit on the length of text in each file, a limit
> on the number of files currently open, and also there seems
> to be a problem with the total number of files opened and
> closed in a single session.

None of the problems you mention has anything to do with IDL. If
you're out of memory, buy more memory or get more swap space. On Suns, the
number of open files and the swap space is set in the kernel and can be
reconfigured. I know that the GENERIC_SMALL kernel is inadequate. I run
the GENERIC kernel on my SPARC 10 and I have no problems with IDL.
I know of no limit on the length of files other than the size of
the disk. If you're editing large files, then you might needmore memeory
or swap space.

> Memory is better managed under OS/2 so that these problems
> would probably go away. Also, an OS/2 version would allow
> me to run long calculations in the background.

"Memory is better managed under OS/2"? Why do you say that?

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patrick m. ryan
nasa / goddard space flight center / oceans and ice branch / hughes stx
pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov / patrick.m.ryan@gsfc.nasa.gov

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		Re: idl for OS/2 By: pat on Tue, 07 September 1993 13:43
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