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

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #37755 (project octave):

To expand, if the 32-bit binary were reporting a 64-bit architecture, you
might be confused why this binary cannot allocate more than 2 gigs of memory.

I'm not sure, I suppose we could make arch try to figure out what the OS is at
runtime instead of at compile time, but then you would end up with slightly
misleading results.

I think you would be happier getting a 64-bit build of Octave for Windows and
recommending people using 64-bit Windows to install this instead.

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