Name: iaR10016 Date: 05/10/2000



JDK version:
java version "1.3.0beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0beta-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0beta-b04, mixed mode)

OS version:
RedHat Linux 6.1

Message "OutOfMemoryError" appears occasionaly when running java on the following computer:
    Intel Pentium III Xeon 550MHz(512 Kb) (4 processors) / 256 Mb /
    HDD IBM DNES-309170SCA 9.1 Gb UWSCSI

This message was appeared 7 from 10 times when the following test example was compiled (note that
on the single-processor system the compilation passes):

------------------- test.java -----------------------------------------

import java.security.*;

public class test {
    public static void main(String args[]) {}
}

-------------- Output (4-processors system) ---------------------------

$ javac test.java
Exception in thread "CompileThread0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: requested 1376256 bytes
$

-------------- Output (1-processor system) ----------------------------

$ javac test.java
$

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