What is the ratio of processing power used to analyze this:
boolean: true != false
versus this:
int: 1 != 0
What is the ratio of processing power used to analyze this: boolean: true !=
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What is the ratio of processing power used to analyze this:
boolean: true != false
versus this:
int: 1 != 0
They are effectively the same cost, but the real answer is that it is dependent on the virtual machine, etc. If the JVM packs booleans (as this question answer might suggest for boolean arrays: What is the size of a boolean variable in Java?) then accessing a boolean might require some additional arithmetic to mask off the important bit / byte. However, it will usually be the same cost.