Greg Novak wrote: > This last issue leads to another series of things that puzzle me. I > have an iMac running OS X 10.5 with an Intel Core 2 duo processor and > 4 GB of memory. As far as I've learned, the processor is 64 bit, the > operating system is 64 bit, so I should be able to happily memory-map > my entire disk if I want. However, Python seems to run out of steam > when it's used 2 GB. This is true of both 2.5 and 2.6. What gives? > Is this a Python issue?
Not python per-se, but yes, the standard builds of Python on OS-X are all 32 bit. I'm pretty sure that python2.6 builds successfully as 64 on OS-X -- check the archives and/or send a note to the pythonmac list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig to get more info. You will need to build python and all the extension packages you need to make it work, though. macports is worth checking out -- I think it can do 64 bit builds. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected] _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
