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Programming Language Theory Flashcard

How to utilize the property of word-aligned addresses to optimize number

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Question

How to utilize the property of word-aligned addresses to optimize number's placements?

Answer

  • In languages that mostly allocate memory for objects on the heap.

  • These memory should in most case be word-aligned.

    -> The pointers would contain 00 at the end.

    -> Use this as a tag to differentiate numbers.