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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: is Vax addressing sane today
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:28:42 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:51 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:

> In article <vd9udm$1dgsp$9@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence
> D'Oliveiro) wrote:
> 
>> Are you still doing your programming to 32-bit APIs? Isn't there a
>> _Win64_ yet?
> 
> "Win32" covers both 32-bit and 64-bit APIs. The reasons for this silly
> nomenclature are complicated and lie deep in the past.

Also the fact that those “64-bit” APIs are not entirely “64-bit” ...