[plt-scheme] The memory limit in DrScheme

Hi, I already sent a bug report about this some days ago. See  http://bugs.plt-scheme.org/query/?cmd=view&pr=8703
Jos koot

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jens Axel Søgaard" <jensaxel at soegaard.net>
To: "PLT-list" <plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:53 PM
Subject: [plt-scheme] The memory limit in DrScheme


> Hi all,
>
> I have been experimenting a little with the memory limit
> in DrScheme 370 on Windows XP.
>
> My conclusion is that the memory limit works - but that
> I need help to find the greatest upper limit not crashing
> DrScheme.
>
> If I run the program:
>
>    (define (bomb n)
>       (cons n (bomb (+ n 1)))
>
>    (bomb 0)
>
> with an unrealistic high limit such as 50000 megabytes,
> DrScheme eventually crashes. That's ok.
>
> If I run "Task Manager" (taskmgr.exr), choose the
> tab "Performance" and then read of the available
> physical memory I see a number in the vicinity of
> 1 620 000.
>
> If I enter the limit 1000 (to be on the safe side)
> DrScheme still crashes.
>
> If I enter 950 I get the intended message that
> the execution was stopped.
>
> Is "Available Physical Memory" the wrong number to
> look at?
>
>
> -- 
> Jens Axel Søgaard
>
>
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