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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 10:30:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Malloc array size limit
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Fabrizio Impagnatiello wrote:

> I experienced run-time array memory allocation failure using cygwin1.dll
> versions 1.3.14, 1.3.17, 1.3.18, 1.3.19, 1.3.20.
> This trouble does not reveals using 1.3.12.
>
> In particular the largest allocable array (from both gcc and g77) size is
> limited to about 128 MBytes.
>
> Christopher Faylor states that "Doug Lea malloc "was introduced in version
> 1.3.13 for all malloc operations (see what's new). Is this new malloc
> appropriate ??
>
> Fabrizio Impagnatiello
> Alenia Spazio
> Rome - Italy
>
> [25-line disclaimer snipped]

Yeah, nothing beats a long disclaimer, except, perhaps, a long disclaimer
in two languages...  And to think it could have been snipped by the
software...
Fabrizio, nothing personal.
	Igor
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Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really *big* RAMdisk!
  -- /usr/games/fortune


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