Anna Sidera wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:45 pm > Subject: Re: Is there heap size limitaion? > >> Anna Sidera wrote: >>> Can you tell me if there is heap size limitation in gcc? I use a >> server with 4 CPU and 16 BG ram. I create tables using malloc and >> the total memory I can use is a little less than 4 GB. >> >> Seems odd. What OS / architecture are you using? > I am using unix. SunOS 5.10 OK, but what architecture? 32-bit or 64-bit mode? Type isainfo -v If it's 32-bit then you will be limited, obviously. If gcc is generating 32-bit executables then you will also be limited. The -m64/-m32 options control this. Andrew.