R help - Apr 1997 - R-beta: Re: memory problems FACTOR-8 / class 'pointer'

>>>>> "Jens" == Jens Oehlschlaegel <oehl at
Psyres-Stuttgart.DE> writes:
  Jens> I just saw a beta version of WinS+4.0 last week: Good and bad
  Jens> news: MATHSOFT has substantially improved graphic handling and
  Jens> user interface. Bad news is: The version I saw needed 50 MB
  Jens> RAM, so our equipment should have 64 MB RAM minimum. This is
  Jens> somewhat FACTOR-8 compared to the S+3.3. Not to talk about big
  Jens> datasets.

I believe the requirement is 50Mb of _disk space_, not 50Mb of memory.
I can run the beta of WinS+4.0 quite comfortably on a machine with 32
Mb of memory.  I haven't tried machines with smaller amounts of memory
but I presume it would work there as well.
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Dear Douglas Bates,
dear Stephen Smith,

that was really NOT my main point. I'm not interested in complaining about 
S+ needing 16, 32 or 64 MB, I love the language compared to what I know. 
My point is improving S+, if neccessary and if possible. I think pointers 
would add to S+. Don't you think so?

The beta of S+4.0 obviously needs 50MB combined RAM and Win-Swap. You ran
it on 32MB RAM machines. I believe you. Nevertheless a priori swaping of
18 MB doesn't attract me. I am used to avoiding swaping for everyday
business. If the final 4.0 really needed 50MB combined memory, I would buy
64MB. If that solves all problems I don't see further need for discussion. 

It would be an advantage for S+, if SAS and SPSS people couldn't argue 
with unlimited case numbers of their software. 

Got my point?


Jens

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