Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:59:36 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se
Subject: Re: Conv. mem with BASH shell
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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> What looks low to me is the free conventional memory--it is 517 Kb.
> 
> Is this anything to worry about? I see no problems yet.

The FAQ explains in section 15.8 that the first DJGPP program takes up
about 90KB in conventional memory when it uses CWSDPMI; other DPMI
servers use similar amounts.  So you should expect your conventional
memory to be lower than with COMMAND.COM.

The only case where you need to worry about this is when you run
deeply-nested Makefile's.  In these cases, you will have one level
less available to you, due to DOS memory limitation.  But these cases
are extremely rare.