[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #37755] computer('arch') is not accurate on all systems, and is not compatible with Matlab

[Richard]

URL:
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                 Summary: computer('arch') is not accurate on all systems, and
is not compatible with Matlab
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: crobar
            Submitted on: Thu 15 Nov 2012 23:04:20 GMT
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Inaccurate Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Richard Crozier
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

On my linux 64 bit machine computer('arch') returns

gnu-linux-x86_64

On windows 32 bit using the MSVC build it returns 

mingw32-i686

On windows 64 bit using the MSVC build it also returns 

mingw32-i686

Matlab returns for various systems
glnx86 - 32 bit linux
glnx64 - 64 bit linux
win32 - 32 bit windows
win64 - 64 bit windows

I don't really mind that it doesn't match ML, but it would be nice if it could
detect the 64 bit windows environment vs 32 bit.




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