11-12-2023, 01:29 AM
(11-12-2023, 12:49 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: So, if you're trying to micromanage memory usage down to account for the last byte your program uses, you'd be looking at having to account for that +22 per variable still in scope and valid.
I'm not interested in micromanaging memory, nothing that I will ever write with PE will challenge the capacity of today's computers. I'm working on an electrical analysis program that needs some internal flags. I got to wondering how PE internally handles bits and bytes when the CPU is 64 bits wide.
My programming history goes all the way back to the IBM 1130 (16 bit words, 16k core memory, FORTRAN on punch cards.) and 8-bit micros. I suppose I am always a bit conscious of data storage concerns.
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