Re: Freeing memory in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg19895] Re: Freeing memory in Mathematica
- From: math at che.freesurf.fr (Math)
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 18:47:40 -0400
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In article <7r24do$6q0 at smc.vnet.net>, Mark Sofroniou wrote: >bettina_hansen at writeme.com wrote: > >> Any suggestions for easier implementation of memory freeing? > >Here are two methods. Set $HistoryLength to discard stored results after a >certain number of calculations. > >In[1]:= ?$HistoryLength >$HistoryLength specifies the number of previous lines of input and output to > keep in a Mathematica session. > >You can also load this package which calls Share at specified intervals. The >intervals can be specified by setting $MemoryIncrement. > >In[2]:= Needs["Utilities`MemoryConserve`"]; > >In[3]:= ?MemoryConserve >MemoryConserve will reduce memory use with the Share function when memory used > has increased by $MemoryIncrement. On[ MemoryConserve] will use $Pre to > make this happen automatically. > Beware that the Share[] function can be very time-expansive and that its effectiveness depends a lot of the kind of data you handle.