[Python-ideas] Is it Python 3 yet?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 26.01.2017 23:09, Random832 wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017, at 11:21, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On a similar note, I always get caught out by the fact that the
>> Windows default download is the 32-bit version. Are we not yet at a
>> point where a sufficient majority of users have 64-bit machines, and
>> 32-bit should be seen as a "specialist" choice?
> 
> I'm actually surprised it doesn't detect it, especially since it does
> detect Windows.
> 
> (I bet fewer people have supported 32-bit windows versions than have
> Windows XP.)

I think you have to differentiate a bit more between having a
64-bit OS and running 64-bit applications.

Many applications on Windows are still 32-bit applications and
unless you process large amounts of data, a 32-bit Python
system is well worth using. In some cases, it's even needed,
e.g. if you have to use an extension which links to a 32-bit
library.

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