On 16/11/06, Julen Parra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Colebourne wrote: > >For long, the reason is that I am trying to move users of Joda-Time to a > >world where objects are typed (Instant/Duration) rather than untyped > >(long). > Could you elaborate on why (apart from the reduction in the number of > methods). I use untyped (long) a lot in internal calculations for speed, > and would like to know if there is a problem with that approach. There is no immediate problem with using primitive numbers, however general opinion seems to be suggesting that the performance difference against using an object is rarely important, whereas the documentation and clarity benefits are much greater. (Generally, the later the JVM, the faster small short-lived objects are).
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