Many programs i use on my computer ( steam for example ) are still using 32 bits according to task manager. Why is that ? Why haven’t evertything moved to x86-64 ? According to a quick google search, the last 32-bits cpu was sold in 2002… so it can’t be for compatibility reasons, can it ?
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The most important one is likely that there simply aren’t reasons to produce a 64 bit implementation. Nothing’s stopping a 64 bit machine from running 32 bit software. Why eat the cost of rewriting your software if the actual functionality will be, basically, unaffected?
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