[R] Computing very large distance matrix

[Joel Pitt]

Roger D. Peng wrote:

> The problem is not with R; the problem is with Windows, as well as the 
> x86 architecture.  You'll never really be able to access more than 3GB 
> of physical memory (for a single process). Accessing more than 4GB 
> requires a 64 bit processor.
> 
> -roger

Alternatively, if you move to Linux you could compile a kernel with
support for large amounts memory (>4GB) which doesn't require
a 64 bit processor.

Joel