Re: error: memory exhausted -- trying to return to prompt

[rambovn]

Quentin Spencer wrote:
> 
> You need to provide more detail about which octave version you're using, 
> which OS, and what kind of hardware. However, based on your description, 
> I'm going to make a guess. The only time I ever saw this behavior was on 
> the 2.1.73 version on cygwin, when using dynamically loaded functions. 
> In this case, there is apparently a memory leak that consumes a few 
> bytes of memory for every function call. In a script that runs for hours 
> and calls such functions millions of times, this can eventually consume 
> all of a computer's resources. I think this is a known problem, but it 
> was never clear how to fix it because it's only on cygwin, which implies 
> that it could very well be a compiler or cygwin bug. If my guess is 
> correct, I would suggest trying the 2.9.12 binary that has been 
> discussed on this list recently.
> 
> Quentin
> 

Hallo,

Thank you for your reply. Maybe you're right. This is the version that I am
using

GNU Octave, version 2.1.73 (i686-pc-cygwin).  My OS is Windows XP.

But can I ask you one question? Is the version 2.9.12 stable?

Thank you again for your help.

Best regards

Anh


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