[GHC] #9706: New block-structured heap organization for 64-bit

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#9706: New block-structured heap organization for 64-bit
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              Reporter:  ezyang      |            Owner:  simonmar
                  Type:  task        |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
             Component:  Runtime     |          Version:  7.8.3
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Comment (by dfeuer):

 Is it safe to allocate, say, half the address space for the heap? That
 would offer enough room to grow for a while. Anything that limits the heap
 to a few terabytes could become a serious limitation within a fairly short
 time.

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