* Craig James: >> There are some run-time environments which allocate huge chunks of >> memory on startup, without marking them as not yet in use. SBCL is in >> this category, and also the Hotspot VM (at least some extent). > > I stand by my assertion: It never makes sense. Do these > applications allocate a terrabyte of memory? I doubt it. SBCL sizes its allocated memory region based on the total amount of RAM and swap space. In this case, buying larger disks does not help. 8-P -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99
