Stacksize

• each entity instance is a light-weight thread that runs in its own stackspace

• the stack must be large enough to hold

  • the entityís hidden state data, parameters, and local variables
  • plus the space required by any functions called by the entity

• default size is 200K, minimum is 20K

• many OSís limit stacksize

  • the unlimit shell command removes this limit on most unix systems

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