Jay Anderson <horndud...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:55 PM, SoundsFromSound > <soundsfromso...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow, really? I never thought editing text files (.ly) would ever get close >> to 4GB of RAM. Maybe I'll try a quick benchmark here... > > 6.9GB for one book to be exact. Text editing has nothing to do with it > though. This is the amount of memory used to compile the project. This > specific book is a much larger than most for sure (633 pages (9x12) of > piano + horn music). I doubt most people would notice a difference > between 32-bit and 64-bit installs.
Also a "cell" is larger on 64bit systems, so a 32bit system uses less memory. With 4GB of memory and no swap (swapping on SSD is a bad idea), a 32bit system might get along better than a 64bit system with the available memory. 8GB of main memory is the "no-brainer" threshold for using a 64bit system. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
