Hello Derek, Sunday, October 19, 2008, 12:40:43 AM, you wrote:
> In GHC, a linked list is about 12 bytes per cons (on a 32-bit computer). this isn't a whole picture. due to Garbage Collection, actual memory use is 2-3 times higher (although you can make this coef. as close to 1 as you want by coinfiguring more frequent GCs), so 20 million elems list will really consume 20*30 = 600 mb -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe