> Wouldn't you need twice as much memory to have the same > memory for applications if you are using double the word size? Pointers get larger but other values don't. Fortunately most programs are not made up mostly of pointers. > 8 bits. It is my understanding that UTF-8 only uses the > second 8 bits if it needs it. So that is like my second > question, making sure that there isn't lots of empty memory. Floating point values are the same size, strings are the same size, code is about the same size including most inline constants within the code. Integers likewise. The amount of size difference varies by application and usage but it is usually low. Most big objects in programs (graphics, icons, bitmaps, big tables) don't get any bigger. There are one or two obscure cases where some things really do double in size due to the way they are written - some lisp interpreters for example, but they are obscure corner cases. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
