see dipankar, i hv 64 bit OS nd processor bt i dont know abt the compiler. nd yeah size of int is 4 bytes. so tell me where im interpreting wrong?
Shashank Jain 3rd year, Computer Engg. Delhi College of Engineering On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Dipankar Patro <dip10c...@gmail.com> wrote: > This has been a hot topic of discussion for a long time. But I found there > are two things to look into it: > > 1. a 64 bit OS is one, which has 64 bit address handling capacity. and a > 64bit processor is one which can perform operations on 64 bit data. A > general concept that actually gets overlooked by many. Even I was confused > with differences of 64 bit OS and Processors a while back. > > 2. if a compiler by it's own doesn't support 64 bit, it might be the case > that even if you run on a 64 bit OS, size of int will be 4 bytes (32 bit). > > I think the best way to check out is to make a code on 64 bit compiler. If > somebody has tried it please share the results. > > On 4 August 2011 10:38, Tushar Bindal <tushicom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> never assume that he compiler is same as the OS you run. it may be that >> you are running a 32-bit compiler >> >> I think pointers have size 4bytes on 8 byte compiler also - not sure. >> someone please correct me. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Shashank Jain <shashan...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> the size of a pointer is showing 4 bytes in my 64-bit OS, which should >>> have been 8 bytes. Correct me where i am wrong? >>> >>> Shashank Jain >>> 3rd year, Computer Engg. >>> Delhi College of Engineering >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tushar Bindal >> Computer Engineering >> Delhi College of Engineering >> Mob: +919818442705 >> E-Mail : tushicom...@gmail.com >> Website: www.jugadengg.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. Go Green!! > Save Papers <=> Save Trees > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
