Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Files larger than available memory. Message-ID: <482@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 8 Oct 90 10:22:48 GMT References: <924@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> <6694@sugar.hackercorp.com> Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 14 In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: > >If there were a pre-defined way of giving programs specific memory >limits (ala OS/9), it might be worth thinking about. However, there >isn't. In fact, I've as yet to run across any Amiga program that had >such a facility, even though I've encountered a fair number that will >grow as needed, or even start by grabbing large chunks of memory. The Is AmigaBasic with it's CLEAR statement not a candidate? It doesn't grow automatically, the programmer has to do it explicitly. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk