RE: [DEV-C++] BUG: Dev-C 4.9.20 consolprogram has only access to 1MB memory.

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

Hi! 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: staale [mailto:st...@le...] 
>>> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 7:55 AM
>>> To: Ioannis Vranos; Dev-C++ Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [DEV-C++] BUG: Dev-C 4.9.20 consolprogram has 
>>> only access to 1MB memory.
>>> 
>>
>SNIP
>> 
>> I assume you mean that your code crashes, not the IDE.There is a
limit
>> of the stack. It has nothing to do with the compiler.
>
>Of course it has. E.g. all the mingw stuff is running nicely and I
don't
>think gcc/g++ will run with such a small stack.
>Furthermore Staale only wrote a small test for locating the error.
>My primary failing programm (unfortunately much bigger) doesn't
>allocate big arrays on the stack.
>And why does Staale's program run under 4.0 ?
>
>Sorry for being harsh, but I have to say so.
>A C++ system which limits the stack to 0.001 Gb on machines
>which have 1-4 Gb nowadays is not uptodate.
>
>It's my feeling as well, that DevC++ 4.9.x generates 16 bits
>applications by default.

HELLOOO!!!
If you are using some wierd old compiler (like renamed borland c/c++
compiler for win3.1 --I don't know how or what--) then you could get
16-bit code. But in reality, Dev-C++ uses MinGW compiler by default,
wich generates native Win32 code.

>
>> 
>> Run this code to see the size of your stack:
>
>It would be better if there were a method to increase the
>stack size. It can't believe it's a Win2000 problem.
>
>Helmut.
>
>-- 
>Helmut Jarausch
>
>Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
>Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
>D 52056 Aachen, Germany
>
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