[Info-vax] Process memory settings

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Aug 12 22:31:29 EDT 2009


John Reagan wrote:
> All the compilers are 32-bit applications.  If they run out of P0/P1, you're 
> done.  You can bump pagefile quota all you want, but it won't magically make 
> the compilers start using 64-bit pointers and 64-bit address space.
> 
> [Yes, we did look at making the change, the trying to track down the number 
> of pointers to expand; fields to change; etc. was way too risky.]

Make the changes in a branch with a switch to control 32 vs 64 bit mode.

Release that branch as a special beta version for 2-3 years and let
the beta users find the bugs one by one.

Arne



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