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johngalt said:

I wouldn't think so, other than location, if my supposition that the APIs themselves are the same....

But I may be wrong....

I would think that while the objects and methods, etc would be the same names, the implementation of them at the source code level would be different for the different architectures (utilizing different sized address spaces).

Win7User512 said:

I would think that while the objects and methods, etc would be the same names, the implementation of them at the source code level would be different for the different architectures (utilizing different sized address spaces).

but you see that's why there is a interminably language called byte-code which in theory should solve the problem of different architectures (and that the x86-64 is a superset and in essence should be in theory backwards compatible...)

my belief is that this might be a bug as byte-code should eliminate the problem of different architectures (since the JRE is actually doing the actual compiling to machine code and to the correct microcode...)

johngalt said:

I'll have to check on that - superficially it makes sense, but there is something nagging at me from JAVA class that wants me to jump up and contradict that...but I cannot remember what....

darkassain said:

but you see that's why there is a interminably language called byte-code which in theory should solve the problem of different architectures (and that the x86-64 is a superset and in essence should be in theory backwards compatible...)

my belief is that this might be a bug as byte-code should eliminate the problem of different architectures (since the JRE is actually doing the actual compiling to machine code and to the correct microcode...)

I thought about this issue some more after posting (and tried to find some research on it). The source code may be the same (though I would expect it do be tailored to x64) however, the compiler (and Java VM) would have to be different, especially if the source is the same. SOMETHING has to be different in order to utilize 64 bit addressing.

johngalt said:

True - but when using an IDE, (or, more specifically, when using JCreator), it compiles the app prior to running it even if the .class files already exist - that is what I was trying to remember yesterday that made me want to argue against the source differentiation yesterday....

And what compiles the app? The Java compiler (either x86 or x64).

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