John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Robert LaMarca wrote: >> >> I am using numpy and wish to create very large arrays. My system is AMD 64 >> x 2 Ubuntu 8.04. Ubuntu should be 64 bit. I have 3gb RAM and a 15 GB swap >> drive. > > Does a full 64-bit version of CPython, one where all pointers >and sizes are 64 bits, even exist?
Absolutely. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a Linux naxier.xxxxxx.com 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 25 17:24:31 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# python Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb 18 2008, 17:16:53) [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> sys.maxint 9223372036854775807 >>> -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
