The one thing I observed (just an observation) is that:
a) on 32-bit machines:
sizeof(int) = 32
sizeof(long) = 32
b) on 64-bit machines:
sizeof(int) = 32
sizeof(long) = 64
This in C and Python.
Thanks in advance:
Michael Yanowitz
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Subject: Re: Detecting 64bit vs. 32bit Linux
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
dwelch91 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need to detect whether the operating system I am running on (not the
>Python version) is 64bit or 32bit. One requirement is that I need to
>include support for non-Intel/AMD architectures.
The standard C way would be to check sizeof(void *).
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