how to allocate more memory?



On Monday 05 June 2006 23:15, Fabrizio Caruso wrote:
> Hi
>
> I get the following error message:
> "
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
>  Error in PROGN [or a callee]: The storage for CONS is exhausted.
> Currently, 19108 pages are allocated.
> Use ALLOCATE to expand the space.
>
> Automatically continuing.
> To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
> "
>
> It seems Maxima is not using all the memory my laptop has.
>
> How can I allocate more memory in Maxima?
>
Is it under gcl?
If you have a choice then you may consider to try it under sbcl (or cmucl)
They are faster and more intelligent about memory. 

rgds,
Valery