Re: Memory hogs

Claus Fischer (claus.fischer@microworld.com)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 18:35:06 -0700 (PDT)

Bernd Paysan wrote:
: With a useful setup, tight memory is so far from ordinary operation, that
: all this really should never happen. This should only happen when there is
: really a malicious program attacking the machine (or a program that has
: gone wild). If it really happens during normal operation, add a new swap
: partition, or better buy more RAM.

There seems to be a fundamental gap between computer science guys
and numerics guys :)

Numerics guys tend to use machines for all sorts of crazy things,
which all too often involve memory-time-tradeoffs. (My pet example
is ILU preconditioning where more space gives better matrix
condition).

Claus

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Claus Fischer    (claus.fischer@microworld.com)




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