memory, a C code which declares and uses a sequence of larger and larger arrays, to see what the memory limits are on a given computer.
The program tries an increasing series of values of N, using powers of 2, between limits that you set. At some point, the program may ask for more memory than can be provided, and crash. This is one way to find out what the memory ceiling is! The relevant power of 2 is likely to be in the 20's:
| Log(N) | N |
|---|---|
| 20 | 1,048,576 |
| 21 | 2,097,152 |
| 22 | 4,194,304 |
| 23 | 8,388,608 |
| 24 | 16,777,216 |
| 25 | 33,554,432 |
| 26 | 67,108,864 |
| 27 | 134,217,728 |
| 28 | 268,435,456 |
| 29 | 536,870,912 |
| 30 | 1,073,741,824 |
Remember that your memory is probably described in terms of bytes, but that integers and reals require 4 bytes, and double precision reals require 8 bytes.
memory log_n_min log_n_maxruns the program for sizes N = 2log_n_min to 2log_n_max.
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memory is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version.
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