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Android was written for 32 bit. It couldn't run 64-bit before Lollipop. Currently there's about 2% of 64-bit Android devices (https://web.archive.org/web/201708

Android was written for 32 bit. It couldn't run 64-bit before Lollipop. Currently there's about 2% of 64-bit Android devices (https://web.archive.org/web/20170808222202/http://hwstats.unity3d.com/mobile/cpu-android.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170808222202/http://hwstats.un...). I agree with performance argument, especially on battery-powered devices. But in this case there's nothing to be gained because LuaJIT is written for 32-bit CPU. Compiling for 64 bits won't do anything. Besides, hardly anything can squeeze more performance out of CPU than LuaJIT. I'm complaining different issue, though. I researched the platform requirements before investing time into android development. I shared my work for free because Google doesn't allow developers in my country to charge money for their work. I kept updating the app following the user feedback. I will lose the product because of this. This feels like rug being swept under my feet :(

kalleboo 7y ago
Why are you using an internet archive link from 2 years ago to support a claim about "currently"? It also seems to be misclassifying everything ARM into one bucket (probably because the stats were being collected from 32-bit code...). It looks to me like for the past 3 years every single mobile ARM CPU released has been 64-bit, and even for 2 years before that roughly half of them, the market share of these must be much larger https://dev1.notebook-check.com/index.php?id=149513&sort=&type=daysold&deskornote=3&or=1&showBars=1&geekbench2=1&geekbench3_single=1&geekbench3_multi=1&geekbench4_1_single=1&geekbench4_1_multi=1&passmark_cpu=1&sunspider=1&cpu_fullname=1&codename=1&mhz=1&turbo_mhz=1&cores=1&threads=1&architecture=1&64bit=1&daysold=1 https://dev1.notebook-check.com/index.php?id=149513&sort=&ty...
- jmiskovic 7y ago
  This is the best data I could dig up. I would love to see newer statistics of market share, if anyone has a link.

kalleboo 7y ago

Why are you using an internet archive link from 2 years ago to support a claim about "currently"? It also seems to be misclassifying everything ARM into one bucket (probably because the stats were being collected from 32-bit code...). It looks to me like for the past 3 years every single mobile ARM CPU released has been 64-bit, and even for 2 years before that roughly half of them, the market share of these must be much larger https://dev1.notebook-check.com/index.php?id=149513&sort=&type=daysold&deskornote=3&or=1&showBars=1&geekbench2=1&geekbench3_single=1&geekbench3_multi=1&geekbench4_1_single=1&geekbench4_1_multi=1&passmark_cpu=1&sunspider=1&cpu_fullname=1&codename=1&mhz=1&turbo_mhz=1&cores=1&threads=1&architecture=1&64bit=1&daysold=1 https://dev1.notebook-check.com/index.php?id=149513&sort=&ty...

jmiskovic 7y ago
This is the best data I could dig up. I would love to see newer statistics of market share, if anyone has a link.