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 590A7BB84 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 21:30:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k4KJUVRQ013468 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 21:30:31 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=chetara) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1FhX9j-0000Z6-5x for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 20 May 2006 20:30:31 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Array 4 MB size limit Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 20:37:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060515141230.ajyupn2z28k0484s@horde.akalin.cx> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605202037.44883.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 446F6E57.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; woodyatt:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 2006:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 caml:02 objective:02 ported:03 size:95 size:95 argue:06 certainly:08 memory:08 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 Saturday 20 May 2006 19:41, j h woodyatt wrote: > The 4G size > limit is another story altogether, and it will plague everyone > equally-- not just the OCaml world. When I've ported C++ programs to OCaml they often use ~2x as much memory, so you could argue that a memory limit is more limiting for OCaml users. However, my personal impression is that memory has gone from the scarce resource that it was 20 years ago to a resource that is now commonly wasted and moving from C++ to OCaml certainly fits in with that trend. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists