Re: Why Virtual Machines? (was: C++ -> Java VM compiler)

bothner@cygnus.com (Per Bothner)
7 Feb 1997 23:30:01 -0500

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From: bothner@cygnus.com (Per Bothner)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 7 Feb 1997 23:30:01 -0500
Organization: Cygnus Support, Mountain View, CA
References: <01bbfca0$a284a6f0$041b6682@tecel> 97-01-139 97-01-225 97-02-031
Keywords: architecture, Java

>Quite the opposite. The Java VM does define object reference size:
>it's 32 bits.


The VM has a concept of a word, where a word has to be big
enough either for a 32-bit int or an object reference.
It does not follow than an object reference has to be 32 bits.
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