From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2009-11-10T17:37:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Good or best way to allocate a large array

Robert,

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 1:23:48 AM, you wrote:

RK> Please do not top post.

Yup, you are right.  The culture here is to do it this way.

Thanks for pointing it out.

While I'm at it, does this list like/dislike HTML-based posts?

RK> 2009/11/9 Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@dos32.com>:

>> Doesn't that just move things into a BiNum ... which is not native 64?

RK> Well, define "native".  I chose to interpret it as "does Ruby come
RK> with built in, C implemented support for 64 integers" - which it does.
RK> :-)

There is a footnote on page 829 of the 1.9 Pickaxe book that reads:

"Fixnums are stored as 31-bit numbers ... Or 63 bit on wider CPU
architectures."

Is there any way to tell what architecture Ruby thinks I'm using?

RK> Cheers

RK> robert




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