On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 03:14:32PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >> To build PyPy, you will need a fair bit of RAM (8Gb is definitely safe; >> 6Gb is probably safe). [...] I have only been able to test PyPy on amd64; >> i386 should work > Should it? Despite the 2 GB data size limit on i386?
Ye gods, I didn't know that limit was still in place. It's a long time since I ran i386. I doubt PyPy will translate in 2Gb using CPython to build it. PyPy can be made to run in a low memory mode that would probably squeeze translation into under 2Gb on i386, but it would need a PyPy binary first. Bootstrapping from another platform is probably doable, if someone's determined enough. Laurie -- Personal http://tratt.net/laurie/ The Converge programming language http://convergepl.org/ https://github.com/ltratt http://twitter.com/laurencetratt
