Primitive Type Sizes

From: Ken (kk_oop_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: 28 May 2004 06:39:40 -0700

Hi. Does the Java spec mandate set sizes for primitive types (e.g.,
int, float, char, etc.)? I know the ANSI C++ standard does not do
this, which makes these sizes compiler dependent. So I guess I'm
trying to figure out if in Java these sizes are compiler or JVM
dependent.

Thanks!

Ken

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