With no appreciable delay...

z=:   i. 1e8
   $z
100000000

z=:   i. 1e9
|limit error
|   z=:    i.1000000000

Since 1e9 would be 4GB of memory for 4-byte integers, I can't tell
whether that's J32 hitting its ceiling, or the iMac.

Ian



On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:59 PM, DIETER ENSSLEN <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks Don and Ian
>
>   i.1e6,  i.1e7  , i.1e8      in any program line will depending on the 
> machine used yield  'oom'  (out of memory) errors
>
> there are a great many slowly converging series in mathematics, that benefit 
> from the amazing speed of J and its good accuracy.
>
> I need to learn how to do     'for n=1 to m   ..    next  n'     (or for n=0 
> to m.....next n)  loops that are child's play in BASIC or Assembly, etc 
> languages.
>
> But I am 'academically' interested what brute force would do with big modern 
> gaming machines with lots and lots of amazing RAM.
>
>
>
>
>
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