Re: D8 may be 32 bit only

From: Craig Stuntz [TeamB] (cstuntz_at_nospam.please)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: 18 Mar 2004 06:19:08 -0800

Will DeWitt Jr. wrote:

> Win32 applications already run on 64-bit platforms without .NET. So
> where's the advantage to .NET if .NET won't take advantage of the
> 64-bit platform it's executing on?

        Woah, you're really reaching there. .NET 2.0 apps certainly will take
advantage of the 64 bit platform. The only question -- and I emphasize
"question," as it isn't settled now, is whether apps compiled for
earlier versions of .NET will.

        It's interesting that people fault .NET because apps compiled for it
*might* not fully support a platform that didn't exist when the
compiler was released!

        -Craig 

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