64bit only on Windows?

Max Samukha maxsamukha at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 13:08:06 UTC 2022


On Friday, 4 February 2022 at 10:47:13 UTC, forkit wrote:
> On Friday, 4 February 2022 at 10:14:13 UTC, Tejas wrote:
>>
>> ..
>> ...
>> 32 bit windows support will not survive this decade.
>
> Support for 32bit Windows will end long before the end of this 
> decade. Microsoft will make sure of that, one way or another.

End of support for 32-bit Windows doesn't imply end of support 
for 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows.

>
> I kinda think the 'Windows' brand is getting a bit long in the 
> tooth actually, and I genuinely wonder whether the 'Windows' 
> brand will survive this decade.
>
> But I would like to see D on Windows, be 64bit only, sooner 
> rather than later.

That reminds me of the predictions that 8-bit CPUs would be soon 
obsolete. 8-bit MCU market is still growing, and D is barely 
presented there.



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