[comp.sys.apollo] memory allocation

derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD") (12/14/89)

Cary Scofield writes:

>   As of SR10, "memory allocations" are constrained by the amount of free
>   space on the disk.  The more memory you allocate, the less free space
>   on the disk you have.  The less free space on the disk you have, the
>   more time it takes.  It's that simple.

Sorry, but it's not that simple.  There really was a doozy of a
bug in Pascal's memory allocation.  This has been confirmed by
the hotline; a public message from an Apollo engineer; and
other sources.

Dave Erstad
Honeywell SSEC
DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com