Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Jul 1999 18:35:06 -0700 (PDT) | From | Claus Fischer <> | Subject | Re: Memory hogs |
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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
-- Claus Fischer (claus.fischer@microworld.com)
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