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Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger [message #57251 is a reply to message #57247]

Wed, 05 December 2007 15:24

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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rochelle writes:

> I installed the new version of IDL on my pc to have a look at the DE.
> I did notice on Windows XP the application chews up large amount of
> memory.
> IDL 6.4 running the DE takes up about 11MB, whereas IDL 7.0 chews
> about 90MB, plus about 30MB for java.
> Given I have limited memory resources and often need to load large
> data sets, I'm wondering if there is a way to reduce the overhead. Or
> should I just stick to 6.4?

I'm not even going to suggest a solution, but I will
point out that my now useless Sony Vaio will only
permit a maximum of 512 MByte of RAM. :-(

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger By: David Fanning on Wed, 05 December 2007 15:57
		Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger By: Vince Hradil on Wed, 05 December 2007 15:48
		Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger By: rochelle on Wed, 05 December 2007 15:41
		Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger By: Vince Hradil on Wed, 05 December 2007 15:34
		Re: IDL 7.0/Eclipse DE memory hogger By: David Fanning on Wed, 05 December 2007 15:24

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