[Wien] bmaxdata

[Torsten Andersen]

Hi Sahu,

it is hexadecimal, so 8*16^7=2GB is the answer (where 7 is the number of 
zeros after the 8, and hexadecimal is the same as 'base 16').

Best regards,
Torsten Andersen.

Dr. B.R.Sahu wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
>  thanx
> 
>    but how could one interpret as 0x0x80000000 as 2GB?
>  that's precisely I had asked in my mail.
> 
> regards
> sahu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Ming-Qiu Tan wrote:
> 
> 
>>0x0x80000000 is 2GB.
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Dr. B.R.Sahu" <sahu at matter3.ph.utexas.edu>
>>To: <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:07 AM
>>Subject: [Wien] bmaxdata
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear Wien users
>>>
>>>         what memory is allocated for data storage in the default
>>>option(while linking) in AIX systems
>>>
>>>-bmaxdata:0x80000000?
>>>
>>>is is 256 MB or 512 MB? How to interpret whether is it 256 MB or 512 MB
>>>from above?
>>>
>>>best regards
>>>sahu
>>>
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