st: Re: set matsize

[Christopher F Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

On Jun 3, 2004, at 7:33 AM, Clive wrote:

> . set matsize 11000
> op. sys. refuses to provide memory
> r(909);
>
> . set matsize 10000
> op. sys. refuses to provide memory
> r(909);
Well, (4 x 10^4)^2 is a very large number of bytes, and I'm not 
surprised that your computer is not happy with that.

The matsize refers to the maximum number of rows and/or columns. Max 
for Intercooled is 800, which will allow for up to an 800 x 800. Can't 
have a 1676 x 1676 in Intercooled,l but you could in Stata/SE. Setting 
a matsize of 1700 in Stata/SE requires 23.269 Mb on my machine.

I can get away with set matsize of 10000 (which requires slightly over 
800 Mb of memory), but then I have a Macintosh, and OS X knows how to 
use virtual memory efficiently...

Kit

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