From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-10-05T05:00:11+09:00
Subject: Re: 64-bit Ruby? FXRuby

On Oct 4, 12:06 pm, Chuck Remes <cremes.devl...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
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> > Environment: Windows _without_ a WOW.
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> > Is there a 64-bit version of 1.8.7 that will run in the environment, above?
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> > And, yes, I looked for the answer to the question.   I found:
> >  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1698862/ruby-installer-on-windows-...
> > which does not help me much.
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> > Bonus question: If there is, will FXRuby run in that environment?
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> > Double Bonus question: Will FXRuby run in a JRuby environment?
> > For the double bonus question I saw
> >  http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fxruby-users/2008-May/001517.html
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> There is *not* a 64-bit version of MRI Ruby 1.8.7 that runs on Windows. You could run 64-bit JRuby. If you use the current master, you get preliminary C extension support which may be far enough along to run FXRuby.
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> I do not think the Rubyinstaller project is planning a 64-bit 1.8.x release.

64bits Ruby 1.8.x is not possible under Windows. Only on POSIX (LP64)

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Luis Lavena