Numbers bigger than memory

[Hans Aberg]

On 18 Dec 2012, at 04:23, Pi wrote:

> It would be nice that GMP could be able to use numbers larger than memory.

If by memory you mean primary memory (RAM), they already do by means of virtual memory. For 64-bit processes on Mac OS X, the limit is roughly 18 exabytes (see link below).

Hans


http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html