I was not suggesting that bitcode could be used for 32-bit -> 64-bit translation, but rather that bitcode means that Apple may be able to avoid similar situatio

I was not suggesting that bitcode could be used for 32-bit -> 64-bit translation, but rather that bitcode means that Apple may be able to avoid similar situations in the future. In any case, these (32-bit only) binaries predate bitcode by several years, so it's not relevant.