there absolutely nothing wrong in your interpretation. here is a link that might help : http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
On 4 August 2011 11:18, Shashank Jain <shashan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.
