On OSX Lion w/ 8GB RAM, the first call gives me:

[PhilMac:~/Documents/Smalltalk/2-MyWorkspaces/workspaceMemTest philippeback$] ./run.sh
memtest.st
uptime 0h0m0s
memory 25,004,440 bytes
old 19,213,728 bytes (76.80000000000001%)
young 5,384 bytes (0.0%)
used 19,219,112 bytes (76.9%)
free 5,785,328 bytes (23.1%)
GCs 5 (127ms between GCs)
full 1 totalling 72ms (11.4% uptime), avg 72.0ms
incr 4 totalling 11ms (1.7000000000000002% uptime), avg 2.8000000000000003ms
tenures 0

allocating: 512 times 1024000 bytes

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Notice: Errors in script loaded from /Users/philippeback/Documents/Smalltalk/2-MyWorkspaces/workspaceMemTest/memtest.st
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Errors in script loaded from /Users/philippeback/Documents/Smalltalk/2-MyWorkspaces/workspaceMemTest/memtest.st
==== Startup Error: OutOfMemory
ByteArray class(Behavior)>>basicNew:
ByteArray class(Behavior)>>new:
UndefinedObject>>DoIt in Block: [t6...
SmallInteger(Integer)>>timesRepeat:
UndefinedObject>>DoIt in Block: [:t6 | t1...
Array class(SequenceableCollection class)>>new:streamContents:
UndefinedObject>>DoIt in Block: [t4 := Array...
Time class>>millisecondsToRun:
BlockClosure>>timeToRun
UndefinedObject>>DoIt
Compiler>>evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged:
Compiler class>>evaluate:for:notifying:logged:
Compiler class>>evaluate:for:logged:
Compiler class>>evaluate:logged:
DoItDeclaration>>import
CodeImporter>>evaluate in Block: [:decl | value := decl import]
OrderedCollection>>do:
CodeImporter>>evaluate
BasicCodeLoader>>installSourceFile: in Block: [codeImporter evaluate]
BlockClosure>>on:do:
BasicCodeLoader>>handleErrorsDuring:reference:
BasicCodeLoader>>installSourceFile:
BasicCodeLoader>>installSourceFiles in Block: [:reference | self installSourceFile: reference]
OrderedCollection>>do:
BasicCodeLoader>>installSourceFiles in Block: [sourceFiles...
BlockClosure>>ensure:
BasicCodeLoader>>installSourceFiles
BasicCodeLoader>>activate
BasicCodeLoader class(CommandLineHandler class)>>activateWith:
DefaultCommandLineHandler>>handleSubcommand
Got startup errors:
� � OutOfMemory


Now, I did a purge.

Same results.

Need to pass a parameter or something?

This is on a fresh 2.0 + vmLatest

Phil