Re: variable size limit?

[ToddAndMargo]

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:22 PM, ToddAndMargo > wrote:


Hi All,

I am about to pick up 5 MB of data and cram it into a $ variable.

Is there some size limit to how much data I can or should cram
into a variable?

Many thanks,
-T



On 10/02/2017 06:32 PM, Brent Laabs wrote:
I'd recommend using less memory in a variable than your system has in 
physical RAM, or your program will get slow from swapping to disk.  I've 
never had a computer with less than 8MB of memory, so you should be fine.




Thank you!  Me gots 12 GB of ECC RAM.  :-)

Re: variable size limit?

[Brent Laabs]

I'd recommend using less memory in a variable than your system has in
physical RAM, or your program will get slow from swapping to disk.  I've
never had a computer with less than 8MB of memory, so you should be fine.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:22 PM, ToddAndMargo  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am about to pick up 5 MB of data and cram it into a $ variable.
>
> Is there some size limit to how much data I can or should cram
> into a variable?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>