2Gb (1<<31 + 1 = boom) just isn't that much memory these days. If you're parsing large text files, for example, it's really easy to blow that limit. And what'

2Gb (1<<31 + 1 = boom) just isn't that much memory these days. If you're parsing large text files, for example, it's really easy to blow that limit. And what's the point of this dynamically-growing array if not to forget about managing capacity?