Message-ID: <loom.20100702T230750-230@post.gmane.org>
Date: 2010-07-02T21:09:29Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: Best way to determine if you're running 32 or 64 bit R on windows
Jeffrey Horner <jeffrey.horner <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Is this sufficient?
>
> if (.Machine$sizeof.pointer==4){
> cat('32\n')
> } else {
> cat('64\n')
> }
>
> Or is it better to test something in R.version, say os?
No, the above is perfect, as it also works on other platforms to distinguish
32-bit and 64-bit.
Regards, Martin