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* later we will want a mechanism for this to be able to grow * later we will want a mechanism for this to be able to grow
* dynamically to the maximum we can currently allow, which is * dynamically to the maximum we can currently allow, which is
* 4294967296. * 4294967296.
*
* Note that this means the total number of addressable cons cells is
* 1.8e19, each of 20 bytes; or 3e20 bytes in total; and there are
* up to a maximum of 4e9 of heap space objects, each of potentially
* 4e9 bytes. So we're talking about a potential total of 8e100 bytes
* of addressable memory, which is only slightly more than the
* number of atoms in the universe.
*/ */
#define NCONSPAGES 8 #define NCONSPAGES 8