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From: madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: How big should a cheap hard disk be?
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Date: 3 Jul 90 18:15:55 GMT
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In article <127203@jake.encore.com> wcarroll@encore.com (Mr. New Dad) writes:
>If this is true, what could you
>possibly need 40 MB, much less 170 MB, of swap disk for on what is 
>basically a single-user box?

The swap file on my 330M hard disk has grown to well over 50M several times.
I have to reboot every once in a while to keep it under control.  I can't be
certain this isn't a bug, but I know that the stuff I do in Mathematica uses
a LOT of virtual memory.  And I'm the only one on my machine.

Mark Adler
madler@tybalt.caltech.edu