> Interesting... What happens if you use core.memory.GC.malloc?
enum long size= 1300_000_000;
byte * p = cast(byte *) malloc(size);
for(int i=0; i<size; i++)
p[i]=1;
ulong sum=0;
for(int i=0; i<size; i++)
sum += p[i];
writef("%d ", sum); // here written 1300000000