Re: Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-07 Thread Tom Grieve
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:49:56 +1000, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 09:45 -0600, Tom Grieve wrote: snip... 31-bit being a subset of yes 64-bit, yes, I *absolutely* expect all software to be capable of discerning the absence (or dearth) of storage above the bar. Where it

Re: Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-07 Thread john gilmore
In response to strictures from Shane Ginnane [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tom Grieve [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, that's fair enough, graceful failure with meaningful error messages is absolutely desirable. and I will venture the further comment that it is not just absolutely desirable but

Re: Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-07 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of john gilmore In response to strictures from Shane Ginnane, Tom Grieve writes: OK, that's fair enough, graceful failure with meaningful error messages is absolutely desirable. and I will venture the further

Re: Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-06 Thread Tom Grieve
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:14:15 +1000, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 15:44 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: The jury is still out on what a good default to set is (I have mine set to 10G), but IMHO setting memlimit to anything less than 2G makes no sense. Seems a lot of people

Re: Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-06 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 09:45 -0600, Tom Grieve wrote: I'm not sure what you're saying here - what's the point of a 64-bit product that doesn't use 64-bit storage? Do you think maybe it should check to see if there's no 64-bit and use 31-bit instead? Why introduce such complexity when there is

Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-02 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 15:44 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: The jury is still out on what a good default to set is (I have mine set to 10G), but IMHO setting memlimit to anything less than 2G makes no sense. Seems a lot of people are in the process of the 1.4 - 1.7 leap of faith. Lots of things

Memlimit (yes, again ...) Was: Java Error

2006-11-02 Thread john gilmore
Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED], in his usual self-deprecatory fashion, writes: I don't know how to write a fork bomb in Java, but I'll bet it ain't hard . . . and I can offer supporting evidence for his conjecture. Not one, not two, not three, not even four, but five of the eight participants