heap and code in ghci

[S.D.Mechveliani]

To my request 

>> I cannot find where it is explained the memory distribution used by
>> ghci.
>> [..]

Simon Marlow  writes

> Interpreted code lives in the heap, and is garbage collected as normal.

> Object code is loaded outside the heap.  It takes up real memory 
> in the process, because the data has to be relocated when it is 
> loaded.  
> [..]


Let, for example, all the  .o  modules were prepared, and we 
command
         ghci ... +RTS -Mxxm -RTS
         ...
           Loading package std ... linking ... done.
         Prelude> :l BPrelude
         ...

and then try to find  sum [1..n].
In my experiment
  xx =  7                   does not allow to load the program,
        8,  sum [1..66000]  yields  "Heap exhausted",
       10,  sum [1..77000]  yields  2964538500. 

Probably, this  xx Mb  is for  binary program + heap.
ghci  loads .o modules, they take some part of  xx,
and all the rest is for the heap.
Right?

Thank you in advance for the explanation.

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Serge Mechveliani
mechvel@botik.ru