[Python-ideas] Is it Python 3 yet?

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/26/2017 5:32 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> 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.

I look through the list of a few hundred windows packages at
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

The two packages that require CUDA 8 and CUDNN are 64-bit only.  As far 
as I saw in a careful check, all other windows binaries are available in 
both 32- and 64-bit versions.  The situation may be different on PyPI, 
but win64 will cover most thing likely to be used by a beginner.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy