[Maxima-discuss] Maxima (lisp on Mac) - heap exhausted

[Scott H. <hug...@ho...>]

Firstly, I'm not a programmer and only recently started to use Maxima
(command line). I don't know anything about lisp. I'm running Maxima on a
Mac but also on a PC through Windows. Both are the command line version. 

 

I only need to use Maxima for a few basic operations, primarily small
numbers raised to large (at least 8) exponents. Aside from that, I'm using
the round and asksign commands.

 

I'm encountering "heap exhausted" errors once my exponents get beyond about
60000000 and have looked in manual and forums for help. There is reference
to changing heap size but I didn't understand the command or even how to
enter it. Can anyone help me with very explicit instructions ?  I'm not
concerned with the length of time the calculations take, just don't want
them to crash before they complete.