Re: Classpath build process and VM-specific issues

[Michael Koch]

Am Montag, 5. April 2004 16:16 schrieb Andrew Haley:
> 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.

Oh, didnt knew this. Perhaps I'm too much oriented towards CNI ...


Michael