3 May
2015
3 May
'15
10:03 p.m.
On Sun, 03 May 2015 21:36:25 +0200
Florian Weimer <fw(a)deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
* Will Godfrey:
Currently I work in C and C++. I don't see that changing any time soon. They are
more then enough to keep me occupied!
Just a curious thought...
If you are using only small values is there really any benefit in
using chars and shorts rather than just using integers everywhere
and letting the compiler sort it out?
Many languages do not actually support arithmetic on chars and shorts,
but promote them to ints first. It is usually beneficial to use the smallest possible
data type for
arrays because it cuts down memory use and increases the number of
array elements which fit into the CPU caches.
Good point. I didn't think of that.
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... the hard part is not dodging what life throws at you,
but trying to catch the good bits.