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   Joe Monk to All   
   Re: segmentation   
   04 Nov 22 05:56:29   
   
   From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   > I can do something on the mainframe that I can't do on   
   > the x64 at least.   
   >   
      
   Sorta. :)   
      
   I dont think it is as simple as an malloc for 8GB. For instance, the first   
   thing to note is that memory objects are typically 1MB in size and allocated   
   on 1MB boundaries. So a request for 8GB will get you 8192 1MB memory objects.   
      
   Joe   
      
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