Re: memory allocation on Macs

On May 3, 8:20=A0am, henryg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On May 2, 12:39=A0pm, "Kenneth P. Bowman" <k-bow...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > In article
> > <c76c7777-b3ab-4645-b22a-c90be59a1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > =A0Brian Larsen <balar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > Rick,
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> > > On this point
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> > > > In any case, if you need a single process size to exceed 4GB, use
a =
64-
> > > > bit OS.
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> > > at the risk of being a little ignorant here. =A0I ran this test on
> > > Leopard (10.5.2) which is reported to be a 64-bit OS...
> > >http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/64bit.html
> > > Making this an issue of having 32-bit IDL not a 32-bit OS. =A0Right?
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> > Yes, I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for ITTVIS
> > to make a 64-bit version for Mac OS X.
>
> > Ken
>
> I'm waiting too...
> -henry

I asked about the timeframe for the 64bit verison of IDL on OS X when
I renewed my maintenance contract a few months ago. Apparently they
are aiming for May. We'll see how that works out.

dave