Re: large arrays - how to store?

[Ulrich Lauther]

Guy Harrison <swamp-DEL-dog@ntlworld.com> wrote:
: Paul Schneider wrote:

: > Hello,
: > 
: > for my program I need a large multidimensional array the dimensions of
: > which I know at compile time. Specifically it is of size 500 x 5000 x 10
: > x 6. I am looking for guidance of how to treat this array on a linux
: > system with 2 Gigs of memory.
: > 
are all the 500x5000x10x6 memory lactions actually used? Or is the data
structure sparse? In the latter case, you should consider storing just the
used elements.

-- 
        -lauther

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