From: "Laurence J. Lane" <ljlane@...>
Date: 2003-10-28T10:06:53+09:00
Subject: Re: how to handle 64 bit variables on 32 bit machines ?

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:08:17AM +0900, Alexander Neundorf wrote:

> Now if I could add a type uint64 or something and an appropriate pack/unpack

Perhaps this from faiermud's ruby 1.8.0 changes list:

  Array#pack, String#unpack
      New templates 'q' and 'Q' for 64bit integer (signed and 
      unsigned respectively).