From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2007-07-29T07:40:11+09:00
Subject: Re: checking if machine is 64-bit

Suraj Kurapati wrote:
>   is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum

Hmm, after reading the ri manpage for Fixnum, I found a better way:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.
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