++++++++ Lennart Sorensen 09:32 Wed 23 Apr ++++++++
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:57:35PM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote:>From that, I extrapolated (now clearly wrongly) that setting stack >size to unlimited may be beneficial to have all available memory >used in memory-demanding computation.Well the stack is only used for passing arguments to functions and for local variables in a function. Most large chunks of data are allocated using malloc which means it comes from the heap, not the stack. It takes a rather badly designed program to use 8MB of stack space.
I've seen that in geographical information software (GIS), too.
Something like 32Mb of stack needed.
But when you think about it, isn't stack easier to maintain? <grin>
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<Knghtbrd> "The currency collectors are offline." "I'm rerouting though
the secondary couplings. If we re-align the phase manifold we
should be able to use the plasma inductor matrix to manually
launch a new cheesy spinoff series."
* ShadwDrgn sighs
<Phase> you leave my manifolds alone
<Phase> !