2008/9/27 Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Interesting - the precise case where I got the error was >> a =. 5 ? (100000000 # 52) > > This generates an array of 5e8 integers. Since each integer occupies > 4 bytes on your computer, you would need 2e9 bytes to represent that > result. This is in addition to the 4e8 bytes needed to represent the right > argument of ? and all other storage occupied and used by J and the > underlying user space part of your system.
Doh. Missed a factor of 5 out. Mildly embarrassing, that :-( Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
