From: Jakub Travnik <j.travnik@...>
Date: 2002-02-14T03:34:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby windows memory limitation

Steve Hill wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a ruby utility running on a windows box with 1.5Gb of memory
> 
> However, when it's memory usage gets to about 250Mb (i.e. total system
> memory usage 320.5Mb) it crashes with the following message:-
> 
> pp_main.rb  in clone : add_heap : can't alloc memory <fatal>
> 
> I suspect that either windows doesn't think it has all the memory that
> is in the system, or windows won't let it have it.
> 
> Any ideas?

this was already discussed on this list

see ruby-talk:31362

http://www.rubytalk.com/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/31362

Jakub Travnik
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