Is Python 32-bit or 64-bit

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Is Python 32-bit or 64-bit

I'm trying to determine if Python that ships with with OS 10.6.2 is 32-bit or 64-bit. From what I can tell the versions that came with my iMac are 10.6.2 are 2.5 and 2.6.

Any ideas? Thanks.

iMac Intel Core i7, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 20 Mbps Internet

Posted on Jan 14, 2010 4:36 PM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Jan 14, 2010 4:41 PM in response to slferris

There would appear to be a 64 bit update:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/

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Answer 2

baltwo

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Jan 14, 2010 7:45 PM in response to slferris

On my iMac w/10.6.2:

*$ python --version*
*->Python 2.6.1*

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Answer 3

BobHarris

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Jan 14, 2010 8:30 PM in response to slferris

The following is from my Mac OS X 10.6.2 iMac


file /usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/python: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
/usr/bin/python (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/python (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/usr/bin/python (for architecture ppc7400): Mach-O executable ppc
python --version
Python 2.6.1

I would say python is a very Fat binary. It looks like it has PowerPC, 32 bit intel, and 64 bit intel binaries.

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