18 Nov
2015
18 Nov
'15
11:59 a.m.
For a long time, running 64-bit systems involved
various hacks and
workarounds and 32-bit libraries for software that was not yet compiled for
64 bits. Is the opposite happening yet? -- i.e. is it becoming necessary
to allow for software that no longer supports 32 bits?
I've seen examples of software projects not supporting 32-bit
architectures - but for the case of "we don't provide binaries for
32-bit and don't do as much testing". The example that springs to mind
is influxdb ( https://influxdb.com/download/ , about half way down)
and they also provide a link to the Go language that has done the
same.
In those cases it is "just" an additional barrier in that you might
need to compile things yourself.
Cheers,
Roger