Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020325154955.040e9e88@mail.unisa.it> X-Sender: gspagnuo@mail.unisa.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:54:42 +0100 To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" From: "G.Spagnuolo" Subject: Re: Cygwin/DJGPP and memory Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20020325094719.0231ff60@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020325133529.00b0ca50@mail.unisa.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Thanks for your reply. So, the total memory is the only limit. I'm reading about a mysterious 256MB limit of cygwin: what about it? With respect to DJGPP, by cygwin I am able to use the virtual memory. Is this true? Thanks again gs At 09.48 25/03/2002 -0500, you wrote: >At 08:54 AM 3/25/2002, G.Spagnuolo wrote: > >Dear all, > >I'm browsing the mailing list archive about the limits on memory > allocation under cygwin, but I've not yet a complete picture. > >What is the real limit when I use new[] in a C++ program? The one I set > in windows2000 register heap_chunk_in_mb? > > >Yep! Assuming, of course, that you have that much total memory (physical + >swap) space available for use. > > > >Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Dr. Giovanni Spagnuolo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Salerno Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione ed Ingegneria Elettrica (D.I.I.I.E.) Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano - Salerno - Italy phone: +39 089 964258 fax: +39 089 964218 e-mail: spanish@ieee.org "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/