First working Win64 program!

Nick Sabalausky SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com
Sun Aug 12 22:50:55 PDT 2012


On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:54:07 -0700
Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> On 8/12/2012 9:44 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> >> Frankly, I think 32 bits is rapidly
> >> becoming irrelevant on the desktop.
> >
> > Bullshit. There will always be plenty of things that don't need
> > 64-bits and/or will only incur unnecessary bloat with 64-bit.
> 
> You could say the same about 16 bit code. 16 bit programs are tiny
> relative to their 32 bit equivalents.
> 

Even still, it's a far cry to compare ditching 16-bit with
(effectively) shunning 32-bit. Yes, 64-bit is bocoming more and more
important, and yes, 32-bit is becoming less and less important, but I
still think you're very much jumping the gun here.



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