a mere data point:

(cygwin-64 ruby includes the full 64-bit Fixnum)

>> RUBY_VERSION
=> "2.2.5"
>> `uname -om`
=> "x86_64 Cygwin\n"
>> (1<<61).class
=> Fixnum
>> (1<<62).class
=> Bignum



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