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DaWei · Oct 23rd, 2006, 9:05 PM

Cat *aRover[300000];
defines an array of 300,000 pointers; for a typical 32-bit machine, 1.2 megabytes.

Cat aRover [300000];
defines an array of 300,000 Cats; a much larger quantity. Neither of those sizes are to be considered "severely limited". Severely limited is when you have to spend 3 weeks whittling out 7 bytes so you don't have to buy another 2K EEPROM in production quantities. That's at old sizes and old prices, but you get the picture.

If you need housing for 300,000 cats, you should consider spaying/neutering

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As I mentioned, the heap is available for multiple processes. If everyone used their share fairly, or if you added all the stack made available for ALL processes, you'd probably recognize the equality.

Oct 23rd, 2006, 9:05 PM	#4
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Cat aRover[300000]; defines an array of 300,000 pointers; for a typical 32-bit machine, 1.2 megabytes. Cat aRover [300000]; defines an array of 300,000 Cats; a much larger quantity. Neither of those sizes are to be considered "severely limited". Severely limited is when you have to spend 3 weeks whittling out 7 bytes so you don't have to buy another 2K EEPROM in production quantities. That's at old sizes and old prices, but you get the picture. If you need housing for 300,000 cats, you should consider spaying/neutering . As I mentioned, the heap is available for multiple processes. If everyone used their share fairly, or if you added all the stack made available for ALL processes, you'd probably recognize the equality. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers*