news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.

2002-06-28  Toon Moene  <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>

	* news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets
	for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.

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2002-06-28 Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
* news.texi: Mention 2 Gbyte limit on 32-bit targets
for arrays explicitly in news on g77-3.1.
Thu Jun 20 21:56:34 2002 Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.co.uk>
* lang-specs.h: Use cc1 for traditional preprocessing.

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Array `a' at (^) is too large to handle
@end smallexample
because 140 000 000 reals is larger than the largest bit-extent that can be
because 140 000 000 REALs is larger than the largest bit-extent that can be
expressed in 32 bits. However, bit-sizes never play a role after offsets
have been converted to byte addresses. Therefore this check has been removed.
Note: On GNU/Linux systems one has to compile programs that occupy more
than 1 Gbyte statically, i.e.@: @code{g77 -static ...}.
have been converted to byte addresses. Therefore this check has been removed,
and the limit is now 2 Gbyte of memory (around 530 000 000 REALs).
Note: On GNU/Linux systems one has to compile and link programs that occupy
more than 1 Gbyte statically, i.e.@: @code{g77 -static ...}.
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Based on work done by Juergen Pfeifer (@email{juergen.pfeifer@@gmx.net})