comment on

Ok, fair enough. Its disappointing that I can't hand it back to the system, but I don't really need that (although it would be nice, of course.)

What I want to do is to shuffle the cards and start over. I don't really mind keeping the memory around, really. I just want to make the hash list go away so I can start a new one.

The program runs for a couple of hours, then gives up and decides to go run this re-init routine, then spends MORE THAN TEN HOURS just trying to execute %positions = ().

I guess what you are telling me is that once it starts to thrash, I'm toast, and that page management or whatever just isn't going to help me. So even my approach to break the hash table into smaller pieces isn't going to help.

Pity. Sounds like the solution will be to follow the re-exec approach; don't try to re-init, just die and restart yourself. Hm. Not sure I like that -- granted, I'm anthromophising shamelessly, but it then boils down to "play solitaire and win, or die"...

--woody

In reply to Re^2: why won't the hash go away? by WoodyWeaver
in thread why won't the hash go away? by WoodyWeaver

Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.


Syntactic Confectionery Delight
	PerlMonks