Re: Limit on number of particles.

• To: David Nguyen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Limit on number of particles.
• From: Bill Hibbard <hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 05:31:40 -0600

Hi David,

> I have a small program that plots particles in space. It takes 4 arrays, an
> x, y, z, and value arrays and plot them as such:
> 
>         (index)->(x, y, z, value)
> 
> as suggested earlier on the list.
> 
> Does anyone know, or can point me to some information, concerning a limit on
> the number of particles that I can plot using this method?
> 
> I am wondering if there is a limit placed on the number of elements in an
> array with java, or if there's a limit with VisAD.

VisAD is carefully designed to not have such limits. You
may eventually run out of physical memory or time waiting
for a display. There is a 32-bit address limit in current
JVMs, but JDK 1.4 will support 64-bit addresses.

Good luck,
Bill
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• References:
  • Limit on number of particles.
    • From: David Nguyen