From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2010-01-16T09:48:42+09:00
Subject: Re: How to know the OS architecture (32 or 64 bits)?

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:
> No, I've tested it in a 64 bits server running Linux 32 bits:
>
>  RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os']  => "linux-gnu"
>  RbConfig::CONFIG['host_cpu'] => "i486"
>  1.size => 4

I think that the value of 1.size depends not on what platform Ruby is
running on but how it was configured when Ruby was compiled.

You can have a version of Ruby compiled for 32-bits which runs on a
64-bit platform.

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