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Re: Classpath build process and VM-specific issues


From: Andrew Haley
Subject: Re: Classpath build process and VM-specific issues
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:16:36 +0100

Michael Koch writes:
 > >
 > > Uh, I don't understand what you mean, sorry.  Why is a Java reference
 > > the same size as a native pointer?  Perhaps I misunderstood you.
 > 
 > AFAIK a java refernce is a pointer and this pointer can point 
 > everywhere. Right ?

No, not at all.  A java reference is simply a handle by which an
object may be found.  It might well be a hash code, or a table index.

Andrew.




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