From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,febd9e55846c9556 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-01 05:16:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!216.166.71.14.MISMATCH!border3.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!central.cox.net!cox.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey Creem" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5115eb96.0303010248.1b2b8d37@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Endianness independance X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.5.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1046523226 66.31.5.146 (Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:53:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:53:46 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:53:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34768 Date: 2003-03-01T12:53:46+00:00 List-Id: "Simon Wright" wrote in message news:x7vheanwb32.fsf@smaug.pushface.org... > amir@iae.nsk.su (Amir Yantimirov) writes: > > > I don't know about C#, but it's not obvious that its creators would > have been bothered about execution on non-Intel hardware. > > It is not at all likely that a Java int has the same representation at > runtime on a PC as on an iBook. It would be painfully slow on one of > them (probably the PC!). > Incorrect. Java int is Big endian no matter which platform you are on....And for me at least, it remains painfully slow (though I have a much lower threshold of pain than most people for this sort of thing)...