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...code crashes with the message: Error: cannot allocate vector of size 13 Kb Execution halted There's nothing special about the code I'm trying to run, in fact it's pretty simple (just memory intensive): library(mva) pc.norm <- princomp(D,scores=FALSE) D is a matrix of dim 144x5300 My only guess, based on my very limited knowledge, is the problem stems from some outdated shared library. The machine is an two-processor intel-based PC running RedHat6.3. I would provide more info, but I'm not really sure what's relevant and I'm not very system-savvy. I know...

...; > one would expect that you had run into that before. > 1.6.0 has a memory > > > > > leak but it generally affects repeated applications > of model fits, > > > > > rather than big matrices. > > > > > > > > > > Do you really mean 144x5300 ? (more columns than > rows) That's big: The > > > > > covariance matrix at 5300x5300 will take more than > 200 MB (OK, it > > > > > might only be storing upper or lower triangle.) I > tried a matrix like > > > > > that on a 1.6.1beta system...