The price of this upgrade is $30. http://dealram.com/prices/15/256MB.html
I will match funds with someone who puts in $15! :) Adam On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 11:21 +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 09:42:01AM +0100, Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > > > Well, having more RAM is always nice, but IMHO there's something wrong > > > with > > > MLton when it needs that much RAM for building. > > > > It's a whole-program optimizing compiler... > > That means it analyzes all of the source code at once. > > When compiling a large project (MLton is ~145k lines) it needs memory. > > > > I agree that this is unfortunate; however, if you check out the runtime > > performance of MLton compiled applications, you'll see the advantages. =) > > I shudder at the thought of having a language that allows for 145k line > programs that _need_ global optimization. Maybe we all should have kept > programming in FORTRAN forever ... > > Re: building of that monster for ppc: your best bet is to find a ppc > developer who agrees to manually build it once in a while. Depending on > the current configuration you'd have to find at least one 256 MB PC100 > DIMM for voltaire to reach 512 MB. Since voltaire copes just fine with all > other packages, I doubt you'll convince the treasurer to pay for that > upgrade. > > Michael > >
