On 28/10/15 18:50, Martin Buchholz wrote: > I'll buy that - it's an "easy" job, but still a job for a compiler writer. > > Perhaps x32 has less benefit for java programs because jits are already > free to generate code that uses 32-bit pointers but takes advantage of the > x86_64 instruction set?
That's exactly the case. It'd still benefit, but not to the same extent as C. Andrew.
