Yeah, they're not going to drop 32-bit for the foreseeable future. They see the value in backwards compatibility, despite HN readers continuously criticizing th

Yeah, they're not going to drop 32-bit for the foreseeable future. They see the value in backwards compatibility, despite HN readers continuously criticizing them for the lengths they go to accomplish it, or straight up ignoring how much effort they've put into it. There's too much software that is only 32-bit, particularly in businesses, for it to be anything other than an ideological argument for "purity".