RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-10 Thread JFRI (Jesper Frickmann)
I recommend you get the latest version 1.8.1 beta. I also had some memory problems and that fixed it. Kind regards, Jesper Frickmann Statistician, Quality Control Novozymes North America Inc. Tel. +1 919 494 3266 Fax +1 919 494 3460 __ [EMAIL

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-10 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:43:12 -0500, JFRI (Jesper Frickmann) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I recommend you get the latest version 1.8.1 beta. I also had some memory problems and that fixed it. 1.8.1 has been released, so there's no more beta. The release is available on CRAN (see

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Benjamin . STABLER
Salem, OR 97301 Ph: 503-986-4104 --- Message: 21 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 09:51:12 -0800 (PST) From: Douglas Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues To: Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
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RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Pikounis, Bill
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RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Benjamin . STABLER
the current version of R for Windows and will be greater ~3GB for R 1.9). Thanks again. Ben Stabler -Original Message- From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:29 AM To: STABLER Benjamin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply. So are you saying that multiple calls to gc() frees up memory to Windows and then other processes can use that newly freed memory? No. You typically can't free memory back to Windows (or many other OSes). So

RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply. So are you saying that multiple calls to gc() frees up memory to Windows and then other processes can use that newly freed memory? So multiple calls to gc() does not actually make more memory That is what I said. Why do

RE: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Thomas Lumley wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply. So are you saying that multiple calls to gc() frees up memory to Windows and then other processes can use that newly freed memory? No. You typically can't free memory back to

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-08 Thread Douglas Grove
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: I think you misunderstand how R uses memory. gc() does not free up all the memory used for the objects it frees, and repeated calls will free more. Don't speculate about how memory management works: do your homework! Are you saying that

[R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-06 Thread Richard Pugh
Hi all, I am currently building an application based on R 1.7.1 (+ compiled C/C++ code + MySql + VB). I am building this application to work on 2 different platforms (Windows XP Professional (500mb memory) and Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 6 (1gb memory)). This is a very memory intensive

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-06 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I think you misunderstand how R uses memory. gc() does not free up all the memory used for the objects it frees, and repeated calls will free more. Don't speculate about how memory management works: do your homework! In any case, you are using an outdated version of R, and your first course

Re: [R] Windows Memory Issues

2003-12-06 Thread Jason Turner
Richard Pugh wrote: ... I have run into some issues regarding the way R handles its memory, especially on NT. ... Actually, you've run into NT's nasty memory management. Welcome! :) R-core have worked very hard to work around Windows memory issues, so they've probably got a better answer than