On 9 July 2013 10:21, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 July 2013 10:08, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: >> >> On 09 Jul 2013, at 10:03, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 9 July 2013 09:13, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote: >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> Igor this is a real issue and we are all fighting to get more members in >>>> the consortium >>>> so that one day we can hire a guy like you to address it. >>>> >>> >>> https://gitorious.org/cogvm/blessed/commit/341e6c2e150bcde80dfea6c890bab7745b2a6d44 >> >> Yeah ! Now users can set the limit themselves. >> >> And then they will come back complaining that certain things don't work when >> they raise the limit too high ;-) >> >> One day we will have a proper 64-bit VM. >> > Yes, i wish we can be there today. > (And one day people will learn a difference between actual memory used > and reserved address space :) > .. because reserving 512Mb for image which barely eats 30Mb is a huge waste.
>>>> Stef >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Igor Stasenko. >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
