From fcc8a5bb2f7ce557004b398fa3d8df5a903bd493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:24:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] link to microsoft identification page --- ..._the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn index f9fa2d43..6d3ac5f6 100644 --- a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn +++ b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn @@ -79,7 +79,18 @@ systems. * Intel or AMD's x86\_64 architecture. This is sometimes also called "x64" or "amd64" or "IA-64" or sometimes just "64-bit". * ARM or some other architecture. These are generally lower-powered machines, like iPads. Some of the software we're proposing *might* in principle be capable of running on such machines, but installers don't seem to be available. We'll assume you have access to an x86 or x86\_64 machine. -In the Linux example above, I could tell my machine is running x86 because the result of the `uname` command said "i386" at the end. Another machine I have says "x86\_64" at the end. On a Mac, you can also say `uname -m` in a Terminal session, and it will say something like "i386". I think that Mac OS's from Lion / 10.7 forward have all been x86\_64-only. On Windows, I don't know how to collect this information. But generally, machines running Windows XP will probably be i386/32-bit (unless it's a version of Windows with "64-bit" or "x64" in its title); machines running Windows Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8 could be running either x86/32-bit or x64/64-bit. +In the Linux example above, I could tell my machine is running x86 because the +result of the `uname` command said "i386" at the end. Another machine I have +says "x86\_64" at the end. On a Mac, you can also say `uname -m` in a Terminal +session, and it will say something like "i386". I think that Mac OS's from Lion +/ 10.7 forward have all been x86\_64-only. On Windows, I don't know how to +collect this information. But generally, machines running Windows XP will +probably be i386/32-bit (unless it's a version of Windows with "64-bit" or +"x64" in its title); machines running Windows Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8 +could be running either x86/32-bit or x64/64-bit. +(Update: I found +[this Microsoft page](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/32-bit-and-64-bit-windows) +that may help.) ## PLEASE REPORT PROBLEMS (AND SOLUTIONS!) ## -- 2.11.0