Re: [MacPerl] Net::SMTP and Big/PPC MacPerl

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

guinn@mail.utexas.edu (Tim Guinn) writes:
>>Do you have the memory partition set high enough on both?
>
>"both" meaning MacPerl itself *and* the droplet?

Memory allocation on the droplet only affects the number of files you can drop.

>The MacPerl partition
>on both machines is substantial enough that I can run simple s///-type
>droplets on 5+MB text files w/o any problem. Different operation, I know,

Indeed. A line like "use Net:SMTP" translates into an enormous amount of
memory allocation.

>I figured the "Out of Memory!" warning was bogus.

He he. It's not as if I had a Leprechaun linked into MacPerl which delights
in giving bogus Out of Memory warnings. Out of Memory is *always* serious
and sadly not always recoverable. Hmm... maybe I should simply put up a dialog
and quit on Out of Memory, given that I don't quite manange to handle
recovery correctly?

>>It's been my experience that out of memory conditions can cause MacPerl
>>to become unstable.
>
>I'd make reference to Net$cape's low memory behavior, but that comparison
>would be an insult to Matthias ;-)

Not at all. I'd be delighted to be compared to Netscape if only someone
would arrange a $200M IPO for me :-)

Matthias

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