Date: Mon, 16 Aug 93 10:15:53 -0400
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: kagru AT mat DOT torun DOT edu DOT pl
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: virtual memory

> Does virtual memory means that when I have a large calculation problem 
> gcc will start to store temporary results on disk after running out of all 
> available memory (including expanded memory)?

That's exactly what it means.  Note that go32 will only use one kind
of memory at a time, so if you have both EMS and XMS, only one gets
used (probably EMS).  The search order is:

if DPMI use DPMI memory
else if VCPI use EMS memory
else if XMS use XMS memory
else use extended memory.