Hi David,
> I have a small program that plots particles in space. It takes 4 arrays, an
> x, y, z, and value arrays and plot them as such:
>
> (index)->(x, y, z, value)
>
> as suggested earlier on the list.
>
> Does anyone know, or can point me to some information, concerning a limit on
> the number of particles that I can plot using this method?
>
> I am wondering if there is a limit placed on the number of elements in an
> array with java, or if there's a limit with VisAD.
VisAD is carefully designed to not have such limits. You
may eventually run out of physical memory or time waiting
for a display. There is a 32-bit address limit in current
JVMs, but JDK 1.4 will support 64-bit addresses.
Good luck,
Bill
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