[Year 12 SofDev] Data Type Sizes

[ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien]

Hi folks,
            I've been working through various data dictionaries with my students and the issue of data type sizes, somebody pointed out a difference between the text and what VB.NET state, so I decided to do a bit of research into various languages and see what they store data as. Attached are the results. It's OK for SACs as we can base that on the language we're using, but just wondering what the official VCAA size might be - and if anyone can explain the reasons for the difference (I assume it's due to various compilation methods, but the brain is too fried to go into too much). Also, anyone out there using the languages that I have blank fields on that could fill them in?
Cheers
Damien


Damien Atkinson-Buck
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