Larry Gates writes:
> >>You can specify a larger heap
> >>with the command line option -Xmx32m, for example.
> >
> >Right, there is only a little syntax error: the option is -mx32m.
>
> interesting feature. What is the rationale behind the idea of a heap
> size? Whynot just use whatever RAM is available?
I guess that is to make garbage collection start sometimes. Otherwise
the whole virtual memory would be filled with unused junk before garbage
collector started. Not to mention, that it is usually nice to control
how much memory application takes, that's what ulimits are for.
Bye
Greg
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