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    Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 2 May 2019
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    It’s 2019 and Program Files and Program Files (x86) still have essentially the same number of entries for me. x86-64 processors have been available for over 15 years. The specification was finalized 19 years ago.

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      2. Kamil Tomšík‏ @cztomsik 2 May 2019
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        Isn't it because 32-bit builds take half of the memory? And for a lot of apps, there's no need for more than 4G of addressable space.

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      3. Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 2 May 2019
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        8 registers is really sad for compilers, though.

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      2. James Widman‏ @JamesWidman 2 May 2019
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        they still have users running 16-bit programs on the 32-bit kernel. they will probably always have users running 16-bit programs who demand a 32-bit kernel. time to finally accept the death of the expectation of the death of the 32-bit kernel

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      3. Joe Groff‏ @jckarter 2 May 2019
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        Not only that, OEMs have still been shipping 32-bit only hardware, or selling 64-bit hardware with a 64-bit OS as an upsell, fairly recently. Isn't the biggest Windows install base still pirate Windows XP too?

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      1. Rich Felker‏ @RichFelker 2 May 2019
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        They have the same number for me too! Both zero. 😂

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      1. Adrian Rueegsegger‏ @Kensan42 2 May 2019
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        Then again...https://twitter.com/kensan42/status/1077229864644739073?s=21 …

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        Adrian Rueegsegger @Kensan42
        Replying to @cynicalsecurity
        Whenever you turn on an x86 machine it’s groundhog day: it thinks it’s the 80s just came around the corner and starts out in real mode. Also this: https://twitter.com/kensan42/status/871490979517186053?s=21 …
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      1. Predrag Beocanin‏ @predragbeocanin 2 May 2019
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        *joke about 2019 and using windows*

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      1. Gok‏ @Gok 2 May 2019
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        Thinking how many major platforms have been introduced *and obsoleted* since Win64 was released…iOS ARM32, Xbox 360′s PPC64, WinRT…

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      1. Xaeroxe‏ @Xaeroxe 3 May 2019
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        10% of Windows users are still on 32 bit OSes according to netmarketshare. That's likely due to people purchasing the wrong version of Windows, but whatever the cause that's the situation we're in. So for a lot of these companies I have to imagine 32 is just easier to support.

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      2. Nino Floris‏ @NinoFloris 2 May 2019
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        Nino Floris Retweeted Lucas Trzesniewski

        Ha if you think that's crazy. This was a month agohttps://twitter.com/Lucas_Trz/status/1119557528587833344?s=20 …

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        Lucas Trzesniewski @Lucas_Trz
        Replying to @runfaster2000
        I like what I read there, except for one thing: the fact that you think that 32 bit output is a good default genuinely baffles me. It's 2019, it's time to default to 64 bits. Don't use existing .NET Framework defaults as an excuse, they're obsolete.
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      3. Steve Canon‏ @stephentyrone 2 May 2019
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        "32bit processes have better perf" Sputtering in outrage over here.

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