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I think you mean 10^9 = 1e9 rather than 10e9.

(And the parent actually mentioned the 3 GB minimum, I think it was essentially asking how much extra memory a real world XML parser uses.)

Nope, 10e8 is what you're both looking for, as 1^9 is.. 1.

Nope, 1e9 = 1 * 10^9. He was fine.

Actually, dbaupp is correct. The e1 parts means *10^9.