On Apr 29, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Christian Schmitz wrote: > > Am 29.04.2012 um 15:12 schrieb Arnaud Nicolet: > >> >> I thought once the memory is full, the OS uses virtual memory instead. Why >> does the app crash then? > > > A 32 bit app crashes once the virtual address space of 4 GB per app is full. > > That is independent of what physical memory is installed.
And don't forget that included in that 4GB is the memory for the application code and the code for all system frameworks referenced by your code. Often that means that your application has about 3GB of available address space for your own data. Once we can build 64-bit applications, then it's likely that only a few applications will run out of address space. This is why I now prefer the term "out of address space" instead of "out of memory." -- Glenn L. Austin, Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <>< "Where there's breath, there's hope!" <http://www.austin-soft.com> _______________________________________________ Mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info mailing list [email protected] https://ml01.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info
