On 15 March 2011 13:02, Caldarale, Charles R <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com>wrote:
> Also, a Java int, when allocated on the stack, must take up the same number > of bits as a pointer. > > That's an interesting space/time trade-off (I presume it's to prevent excess arithmetic on stack value accesses). I wonder whether it's still a good trade-off on (say) a modern Intel architecture? - Peter
