From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2009-11-11T06:53:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Good or best way to allocate a large array

Justin,


>> Is there any way to tell what architecture Ruby thinks I'm using?
>>
>> RK> Cheers
>>
>> RK> robert
>>   

JC> Check the size of an integer.

JC> $ ruby -v
JC> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86_64-linux]
JC> $ irb
irb(main):001:0>> 1.size
=>> 8


JC> $ ruby -v
JC> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-linux]
JC> $ irb
irb(main):001:0>> 1.size
=>> 4

What a lovely and elegant solution!

Thanks!

Ralph