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minus-square@JakenVeina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish24•15 hours agoIt’s far more often stored in a word, so 32-64 bytes, depending on the target architecture. At least in most languages.
minus-square@timhh@programming.devlinkfedilink4•edit-23 hours agoNo it isn’t. All statically typed languages I know of use a byte. Which languages store it in an entire 32 bits? That would be unnecessarily wasteful.
It’s far more often stored in a word, so 32-64 bytes, depending on the target architecture. At least in most languages.
No it isn’t. All statically typed languages I know of use a byte. Which languages store it in an entire 32 bits? That would be unnecessarily wasteful.