Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app...
by skocznymroczny on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:49AM
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Imagine if you have a dependency on a third party library, and they only offer 32-bit DLL, or the company is out of business and you are stuck with the 32-bit dynamic library. You can't just "compile against x86_64" in this case.
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app...
by AstralStorm on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:36AM
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In many cases for small dlls you can thunk it and provide a compatibility standard library.
Essentially what wine does but cheaper. The ease of doing it is related to number of dependencies.
Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app...
by grandinj on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:52AM
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Assuming that you know that those 3rd party extensions are sticking to the published API and not stuffing around by scratching around in Visual Studio's internal APIs and data structures......
Because Windows programmers have such a great track record of sticking to the published API....