Java : How is memory usage of a program calculated by a java compiler?

Question

I am solving this problem. It desires a memory limit of 50000bytes . So if I allocate a 2D array of int of size 1000 X 1000 , shouldn't it exceed the memory bounds ?

PS : I saw this solution to the problem and the programmer has allocated a 2D array of size m X m . And if m is equal to 1000, then I think the memory bound will be exceeded. But codechef has accepted his solution.

Is there a faulty mechanism of codechef compiler or am I missing something?

Answer 1

From the site:

Source Limit: 50000 Bytes

This limit applies to the size of your source code, not to the amount of memory the program allocates. The two are completely unrelated.