From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DB8BB84 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:07:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k4K978DM016572 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:07:08 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA03441 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:07:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from osiris.uid0.sk (osiris.uid0.sk [62.168.97.100]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k4K975wb006911 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:07:07 +0200 Received: from osiris.uid0.sk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nod32.uid0.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF2F687C155; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:08:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanner: This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus system NOD32 for Linux Mail Server. For more information on NOD32 Antivirus System, please, visit our website: http://www.nod32.com/ Received: by osiris.uid0.sk (Postfix, from userid 1002) id CD8F787C05A; Sat, 20 May 2006 11:08:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 11:08:26 +0200 From: Jozef Kosoru To: Brian Hurt Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Array 4 MB size limit Message-ID: <20060520090826.GB32550@osiris.uid0.sk> References: <20060515141230.ajyupn2z28k0484s@horde.akalin.cx> <446986DF.1070308@inria.fr> <446D5E4A.8060005@akalin.cx> <20060519162844.GA32550@osiris.uid0.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 446EDC3C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 446EDC39.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 2006:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 suggesting:02 consumers:95 brian:04 bits:04 bits:04 size:95 fri:05 problem:05 million:93 quite:06 probably:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 21:52:26 -0400, Brian Hurt wrote: > >I think that's an awfully simplistic point of view. My problem is > >that I want to store more than 4 million items in an array. You're > >suggesting moving to 64 bits? And even if everyone magically moves > >to 64 bits, I can imagine that in the future someone will want to > >read more than 2^(64 - 10) items from a file into memory, as 64 bits > >isn't quite "number of atoms in the universe" big yet. > > And in 20 years or so, assuming Moore's law holds, we'll need to > transition to 128-bit architectures. Servers should probably > transistion a little sooner, maybe 15 years out. Sure. Average consumers in 20 years, servers in 15 years and OCaml users in 5 years (remember N-10!). jozef -- jozef kosoru http://zyzstar.kosoru.com