[pypy-dev] PyPy compile memory requirements

[David Naylor]

Hi,

I'm sure you all know that translating pypy requires a large amount of RAM.

It has been my experience that GCC also uses a large amount of RAM when
compiling, about 4G.  Is it possible to get python/pypy to stop once
it has written
the source files and then to run that build process separately, thus avoiding
having both pypy and gcc in memory at the same time?

This is on FreeBSD/amd64:
# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: amd64-undermydesk-freebsd
Configured with: FreeBSD/amd64 system compiler
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.2 20070831 prerelease [FreeBSD]

I've observed similar behavior using other versions of gcc.  Clang does not
exhibit this problem.

Regards,

David