Because my computer had a hard disk break down (or a controller breakdown, I
hope) and reparation may last a month, I bought a dual 64 bit processor
portable. At least the properties of the computer icon tell me so. However:
#lang racket
(let loop ((k 1))
(if (fixnum? k) (loop (* 2 k))
(string-length (number->string k 2)))) -> 31
Documentation shows:
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A fixnum is a small exact integer. In this case, "small"depends on the
platform. For a 32-bit machine, numbers that can be expressed in 30 bits
plus a sign bit are represented as fixnums. On a 64-bit machine, 62 bits
plus a sign bit are available.
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Can anyone shed some light on this. I am sure I am doing something wrong or
I may interprete things wrongly. But what? I can imagine that Windows 7 is
simulating a 64 bits machine on 32 bits hardware and Racket sees through it.
I run a Samsung R540 with windows 7. My 64 bit Bullguard is running fine on
my machine.
Thanks, Jos
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