On Jul 9, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9 July 2013 09:13, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Jul 9, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 8 July 2013 22:43, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Igor, please get this point of view out of your system :). >>>> >>>> First, not all programming languages are like this: You can easily run >>>> other VMs (e.g., Java) with more than 3 GB. But, let's not even go there: >>>> I can run Pharo with 1Gb on Mac without problems. According to your >>>> reasoning we might end up downgrading the Mac VM. Some data does not fit >>>> in memory, but if I can get all my data in my image, I will choose to do >>>> it. >>>> >>>> I am not saying that we should compare with Java, or that it is the end of >>>> the world that the Windows VM is highly restricted. I am simply saying >>>> that we should not dismiss this as a problem just because we do not know >>>> how, or do not have the resources to solve it right now. >>>> >>>> After all, we are here to change the world :). >>>> >>> >>> Yes, but this topic was raised multiple times already. Maybe we should >>> stop wasting time on it? >>> >>> All you need to do, to change the limit, go to >>> platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Alloc.h >>> >>> And change this: >>> >>> #ifndef MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY >>> #define MAX_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 512*1024*1024 >>> #endif >>> >>> So, if you want more, build VM with any limit you see fit. >>> But there's a reason why in official VM its 512. >> >> Which reason? (It is a real question, I do not remember why it is so low) >> > > If you reserve most of memory for objects, think how you could use things like > freetype, opengl, cairo & any other library which allocates memory on > conventional heap. > also, think that DLLs and kernel needs breathing space as well. yep, but still could be doubled and have enough reserved memory for externals, I think. In any case, we need a solution, 512m is obviously too small (no matter if 1G is still not enough, it would be a lot better). Not to extend memory because "is still not enough" is like not healing a guy because "he will be dead old anyway" :) > > >> Esteban > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. >
