I believe at least expert users may like to check the memory consumption statistics for programs, and a too big size of a newly started Gambit might give the impression that Gambit is memory-costly or something.<div><br></div>

<div>Therefore, if the minimum heap size will be a fixed number:</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d guess noone will find Gambit memory-heavy as long as the binary + C stack + heap of a newly launched Gambit takes less than 10MB.</div>

<div><br>To make that happen, I suppose a fixed default minimum heap setting would be no more than ~2.5MB (binary ~3.8MB + 2.5MBx2=5MB heap = ~8.8MB, completely fine).</div><div><br></div><div>Brgds<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">

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I agree however that the current setting is too low.  But given that I will change the default, I would prefer to only change it once.  What is a &quot;reasonable&quot; setting?  The experiment on my computer suggests &quot;the bigger the better&quot;.</blockquote>

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