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.

Therefore, if the minimum heap size will be a fixed number:

I'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.

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).

Brgds

2013/1/4 Marc Feeley <feeley@iro.umontreal.ca>
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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 "reasonable" setting?  The experiment on my computer suggests "the bigger the better".
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