From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Endianness independance
Date: 01 Mar 2003 17:26:32 +0000
Date: 2003-03-01T17:26:32+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7visv33smv.fsf@smaug.pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: u328a.273814$SD6.14252@sccrnsc03
"Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> writes:
> "Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> 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)...
Good grief.
Still, I was right about which was likely to be worst ..
I wonder what GCJ does? .. but not a lot.
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-28 15:11 Endianness independance Lionel.DRAGHI
2003-02-28 16:10 ` Stephen Leake
2003-02-28 18:26 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-01 10:48 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-01 12:00 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-01 12:53 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-01 17:26 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2003-03-01 12:47 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-02 9:49 ` Amir Yantimirov
2003-03-03 13:29 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-03 16:05 ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-03 17:50 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-04 2:33 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-03-04 17:50 ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-05 2:15 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-03-05 17:37 ` Stephen Leake
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2003-02-28 17:21 Lionel.DRAGHI
2003-02-28 20:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-03-03 13:33 Lionel.DRAGHI
2003-03-03 16:11 ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-03 17:52 Lionel.DRAGHI
2003-03-03 20:29 ` Pascal Obry
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2003-03-03 18:38 ` David C. Hoos
2003-03-04 11:34 Lionel.DRAGHI
[not found] <BB06F6B19AC7D51181D10050DA725A10138C75@eoleclb.clb.tcfr.thales>
2003-03-04 12:46 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2003-03-04 16:38 ` John Harbaugh
2003-03-04 21:25 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-05 17:28 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-05 20:15 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-05 21:54 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-05 17:49 David C. Hoos
2003-03-05 20:16 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-05 21:58 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
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