Coda Highland wrote: > > If mmap() doesn't honor hints, then you're basically out of luck. > > The low-4GB requirement is deeply ingrained in the VM. > > The hacker curiosity wants to know: How ingrained is it? It affects all data structures, the TValue layout, the frame links, the assembler parts of the interpreter, the IR, the JIT compiler, the assembler backends, the FFI. tl;dr: the whole VM. --Mike