[swift-dev] Question about size of Character type

[gian enrico conti]

As been as old as Quinn, I got the exact SAME impression!

:)

> On 22 Aug 2016, at 11:03, Quinn The Eskimo! via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 21 Aug 2016, at 02:25, Chris Lattner via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> ARM64 even has a hardware feature for this, called “top byte ignored” (TBI) which means you don’t even have to do the masking.
> 
> Urgh, horrible flashbacks to the “32-bit clean” effort during the late 80s:
> 
>    Currently the Macintosh OS runs in a 24-bit world, where the hardware ignores 
>    the high byte of all memory addresses (including pointers and handles). 
>    -- Technote OV11 “The Joy Of Being 32-Bit Clean”
> 
> <https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/technotes/ov/ov_11.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10002609>
> 
> (-:
> 
> Share and Enjoy
> --
> Quinn "The Eskimo!"                    <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
> 
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