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> Not that I'm convinced most distros even do 32-bit development anyway these days. 32-bit is essentially dead outside of weird scenarios like companies still
by TillE 4y ago
> Not that I'm convinced most distros even do 32-bit development anyway these days.
32-bit is essentially dead outside of weird scenarios like companies still running Windows XP. Even the cheap Android phones should all be 64-bit these days.
So unless you really need to support old hardware (or microcontrollers I guess), it means you can now confidently do fun stuff like cramming data into the 64-bit user data pointer in callback APIs.
- kazinator 4y agoYou mean, weird scenarios like a ton of embedded?
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- LeonidasXIV 4y agoProbably very little 32-bit embedded using 80486 CPUs. If your embedded system uses an x86 CPU that's newer than 1993 it should still be fine for a few years.
- bzzzt 4y agoLast '486' I used was a PC Engines WRAP router board (bought around 2005) which used an AMD Geode 233MHz 486 compatible core.