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than <c>65536</c>, the chosen value will increased to a value
larger or equal to the maximum amount of file descriptors that
can be opened.</p>
+ <p>On Windows the default value is set to <c>8196</c> because the
+ normal OS limitations are set higher than most machines can handle.</p>
<p>Previously the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_PORTS</c> was used
for setting the maximum number of simultaneously existing ports. This
environment variable is deprecated, and scheduled for removal in