http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50937
--- Comment #4 from fwi at inducks dot org 2011-10-31 18:29:27 UTC --- I'm using: $ gfortran --version GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3 I've now tested the same program on a 64-bit CentOs machine with 16-Gb RAM, but wasn't able to reproduce the problem there: $ gfortran --version GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.1.2 $ for i in `seq -w 10 10 400`; do LANG=C ./a.out $i; done Sucesfully allocated array of size 10 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 20 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 30 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 40 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 50 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 60 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 70 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 80 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 90 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 100 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 110 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 120 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 130 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 140 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 150 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 160 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 170 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 180 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 190 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 200 **4 Sucesfully allocated array of size 210 **4 Could not allocate array of size 220 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 230 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 240 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 250 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 260 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 270 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 280 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 290 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 300 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 310 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 320 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 330 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 340 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 350 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 360 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 370 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 380 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 390 **4, error code= 1 Could not allocate array of size 400 **4, error code= 1