;;; the number of bits per word, where a word holds one lisp descriptor
(def!constant n-word-bits 32)
+;;; the natural width of a machine word (as seen in e.g. register width,
+;;; address space)
+(def!constant n-machine-word-bits 32)
+
;;; the number of bits per byte, where a byte is the smallest
;;; addressable object
(def!constant n-byte-bits 8)