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Re: Array has too many elements? [message #37511 is a reply to message #37510]

Fri, 19 December 2003 03:00

Bringfried Stecklum is currently offline

Bringfried Stecklum
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Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
> Followup question -- I've now come across a lot of discussion about windows
> boxes and memory problems under IDL (David Fanning, thats a terrific website
> you have (http://www.dfanning.com/)-- wish I had found it a few weeks ago!).
> Do these problems simply not exist on UNIX boxes (given ample amount of RAM
> + pagefile space)? I reprogrammed a slow but memory conservative version of
> this algorithm I'm working on using a bunch of for-next loops -- after all
> the discussion I've been seeing about how for-next loops stink, I recoded
> the algorithm using mostly matrix calls -- but of course I need more memory
> to do these, hence the array has too many elements error. I'm tempted to
> switch over to a slower UNIX box if this memory problem won't show up...
> thoughts?
>
> --j
>
You need a 64 bit CPU to overcome the memory problem (or more accurately, to
shift the barrier beyond your current needs). The ~1.5GB limit in memory and
the maximum amount of ~2^31 array elements result from the 32 bit architecture
(irrespective of running windows or linux).

regards,

Bringfried Stecklum

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		Re: Array has too many elements? By: JD Smith on Mon, 22 December 2003 14:01
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Jonathan Greenberg on Mon, 22 December 2003 13:35
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Jamie on Mon, 22 December 2003 10:32
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Jonathan Greenberg on Fri, 19 December 2003 11:54
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Michael Wallace on Fri, 19 December 2003 08:46
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Michael Wallace on Fri, 19 December 2003 08:32
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Jamie on Fri, 19 December 2003 01:23
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Bringfried Stecklum on Fri, 19 December 2003 03:00
		Re: Array has too many elements? By: Jonathan Greenberg on Fri, 19 December 2003 00:51

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