Re: Java vs C++
Arne Vajh??j wrote:
On 05-02-2011 23:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message<iijrj2$i0g$1@news.eternal-september.org>, Joshua Cranmer
wrote:
Also take into consideration the fact that the C++ standard does not try
to pin stuff down into unambiguous interoperable statements, e.g., a
precise size definition for size_t.
It seems to me that???s another drawback of Java, that it explicitly
defines
the sizes of things from the viewpoint of 32-bit architectures like those
current in the 1990s. Some of those decisions look less wonderful on
current
64-bit architectures.
There are nothing in defining the size of the simple data types
that are tied to 32 bit architecture.
I am aware of one issue in the simple data types that reflects 32 bit
architecture, JLS section 17.7, "Non-atomic Treatment of double and long".
The big way in which Java is tied to 32 bit architectures is not in the
simple data types. It is the maximum size of an array, String, Set, List
etc.
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