Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 10:08:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Farhan Yousaf <farhany AT interlog DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Memory Requirements
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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Farhan Yousaf wrote:

> How exactly do I measure, how much memory a program written in DJGPP
> requires? How does DJGPP decide when to use Virtual memory and when not to?
> For example, if my program requires only 4 megs of ram, and I have a system
> with 16 megs, wouldn't it use just the physical memory and leave virtual alone? 

All available physical memory is used before paging begins.