>>>>> "A" == Aleksei Guzev <aleksei.guzev / bigfoot.com> writes: A> What is the difference between FIX and NUM? FIXNUM <= 1073741823 A> Why there's FIX2LONG but ther is not NUM2ULONG? ??? pigeon% grep NUM2ULONG *.h ruby.h:#define NUM2ULONG(x) rb_num2ulong((VALUE)x) ruby.h:#define NUM2UINT(x) NUM2ULONG(x) pigeon% Guy Decoux