Checking if machine is 64-bit

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Hello,

I am checking if the machine is 64-bit by doing this:

  require 'rbconfig'
  is_machine_64_bit = ( Config::CONFIG["arch"] =~ /64/ )

Is there a better way?

Thanks.

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Hello,

I am checking if the machine is 64-bit by doing this:

  require 'rbconfig'
  is_machine_64_bit = ( Config::CONFIG["arch"] =~ /64/ )

Config::CONFIG['arch']
# "x86_64-linux"

Is there a better way?

Not that i know of.

^ manveru

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On 7/29/07, Suraj Kurapati <snk@gna.org> wrote:

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if (2**33).kind_of?(Bignum)
   # 32 bit
else
   # 64 bit
end

Might need some tweaking once the 128 bit operating systems show up...

Regards,

Dan

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On Jul 28, 11:42 am, Suraj Kurapati <s...@gna.org> wrote:

Hello,

I am checking if the machine is 64-bit by doing this:

  require 'rbconfig'
  is_machine_64_bit = ( Config::CONFIG["arch"] =~ /64/ )

Is there a better way?

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Hi,

At Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:42:46 +0900,
Suraj Kurapati wrote in [ruby-talk:262297]:

I am checking if the machine is 64-bit by doing this:

  require 'rbconfig'
  is_machine_64_bit = ( Config::CONFIG["arch"] =~ /64/ )

Is there a better way?

Depends on the purpose.

If you are trying to compile an extension library:

  is_machine_64_bit = check_sizeof("int") == 64

  is_machine_64_bit = try_static_assert("sizeof int == 64")

or, better in C source(s):

  #if SIZEOF_VOIDP == 8

Otherwise, if you want to know the current running platform is
64bit:

  is_machine_64_bit = [0].pack("i!").size == 8

Note that all of the above check for the size of int.

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Daniel Berger wrote:

if (2**33).kind_of?(Bignum)
   # 32 bit
else
   # 64 bit
end

Excellent idea. However, note that it takes 34 bits to represent 2**33,
and 33 bits to represent 2**32. Thus, we can get away with only checking
whether 2**32 is a Fixnum:

  is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:

  is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum

Hmm, after reading the ri manpage for Fixnum, I found a better way:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:

Suraj Kurapati wrote:

  is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum

Hmm, after reading the ri manpage for Fixnum, I found a better way:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.

Aren't you gonna get Kernel information for 32 bit if it's a 32 bit
Kernel on a 64 bit machine?

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:

Suraj Kurapati wrote:
  

  is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum
    
Hmm, after reading the ri manpage for Fixnum, I found a better way:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.
  
I don't know if it matters to you, but IIRC there are architectures with
different sizes for integers and memory addresses (64 bit integers with
32 bit addresses if memory serves).

Lionel.

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.

Very slick! Nice find!

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Suraj Kurapati wrote:
>
>> is_machine_64_bit = (2 ** 32).is_a? Fixnum
>>
>
> Hmm, after reading the ri manpage for Fixnum, I found a better way:
>
> (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.
>

I don't know if it matters to you, but IIRC there are architectures with
different sizes for integers and memory addresses (64 bit integers with
32 bit addresses if memory serves).

MRI needs sizeof(long) == sizeof(void *) (or it won't compile). MRI Fixnums
are longs.

Lionel.

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On 7/28/07, Lionel Bouton <lionel-subscription@bouton.name> wrote:

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Lloyd Linklater wrote:

Suraj Kurapati wrote:

  (-1.size) is 4 on a 32-bit machine and 8 on a 64-bit machine.

Very slick! Nice find!

Is that portable to jRuby??