32 bits Vs 64 bits

[Sander Steffann]

Hi,

> I don't have any x86_64 machines around to look at.  Does "getconf"
> really return "64" on that architecture?

Not on my Dell 2850 (dual Xeon) running RHEL4:

$ uname -m
x86_64
$ getconf WORD_BIT
32

- Sander