Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 15:33:28 01/07/03
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On January 07, 2003 at 12:37:18, Matt Taylor wrote: >Likewise are C/C++ compilers that target 32-bit machines, are they not? The >difference here is that Java had 64-bit types from its release. Therefore the >compilers are more likely to pay attention to use of 64-bit types and produce >better 64-bit code. That sounds nice, but it also sounds flawed. One doesn't necessarily lead to the other. Just because it was there doesn't mean they spent significant amount of time optimizing it (as if like they could beat machine code optimizations anyway). I also question whether or not java had its beginnings before C/C++ compilers started to support 64-bit types. The issue is not whether 64-bit types were a part of the standard specifying the language. Java has been around since 1995 or so, and you mean to tell me that since the 1960's when C was created, no one ever found it necessary to add a 64-bit type to a C compiler? I find that one a little hard to swallow. In any case, I think you're making quite a stretch to over sell java.
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