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Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

Posted Jun 26, 2012 10:43 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths by butlerm
Parent article: Pettenò: Debunking x32 myths

Java objects are very pointer-heavy. In fact, there's a special mode (CompressedOops) for 64-bit JVMs which compresses some 64 bit pointers into 32 bits. It often makes a significant performance difference.


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