Out of Memory Bug; was Re: swap usage
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- Subject: [mg12564] Out of Memory Bug; was Re: swap usage
- From: jgraber@my-dejanews.com
- Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 18:11:24 -0400
- Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
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In article <6jevmj$3br@smc.vnet.net>, "P.J. Hinton" <paulh@wolfram.com> wrote: > > On 10 May 1998, Arturas Acus wrote: > > > Recently I have made some lenghty calculations on Win95 (P166MHz) with > > 32Mb RAM and 300Mb swap. > > > > Calculations sometimes used up to 240Mb. (when tested with > > MaxMemoryUsed[]) Everything was fine with functions like ExpToTrig, > > Expand, TrigToExp, Factor, etc., but not with Simplify or > > FullSimplify. It looks for me that this two functions can not use swap > > at all and exits with "Out of memory" message when all physical memory > > (32Mb is loaded). If stated abov is true, then it would be interesting > > to know all functions which can not use swap in order to save time. > > The spurious "Out of memory" messages that you see are not due to any > inherent inability to use swap space. It is more likely that they are > due to a different problem altogether. You may want to consult the > Technical Support FAQ page at URL: > > http://www.wolfram.com/support/Systems/Windows/OutOfMemory.html > > for a free, downloadable patch that may fix the problems you're > encountering. > > -- > P.J. Hinton > Mathematica Programming Group paulh@wolfram.com Wolfram > Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/ > Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone. > > I have had similar problems ever since release 3 came out; this fix seems to have solved them. Now I am curious: How long has this patch been available? I only found out about it yesterday. I also want to say as strongly as possible that "Out of Memory. Exiting" is not just a collosal bug, it is a major design flaw. It should be replaced with "Out of Memory. Aborting command being evaluated" as soon as possible. Jim Graber -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading