> However, the 2 GB limit that we are experiencing
> is a Stata/Terminal Services limitation (or feature). Any single
> application running through Stata/Terminal Services can only allocate
> up to 2 GB of memory. In this case, with a 32 bit application it
> doesn't really matter - the current 32 bit Stata for Windows can only
> allocate a theoretical 2 GB of memory anyway. When MS officially
> releases a 64 bit version of Windows, we will have a 64 bit compile of
> Stata for Windows which will be able to overcome the 2 GB limit. But
> the time has not come yet.
>
You could always use an alternative 64-bit operating system to M$-Windows (which is
yet to appear), for example the GNU/Linux OS takes advantage of 64-bit processors,
and Stata is already available for this platfrom (and the actual OS is cheaper as well).
Neil
Neil Shephard
Genetics Statistician
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
[email protected]
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"If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment" -
Ernest Rutherford
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