Re: 32-bit on 10.8
Re: 32-bit on 10.8
- Subject: Re: 32-bit on 10.8
- From: Gwynne Raskind <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:02:35 -0400
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Jayson Adams <email@hidden> wrote:
> I say again, Apple's official 64-bit porting document states, right now, that you may or may not want to move to 64 bit. If Apple is planning on removing 32-bit support in the near future, they will be partly to blame for any rude surprise to developers. You can talk all you want about reading the tea leaves to determine the time of 32-bit's last breath, but not every developer is doing that. The ones who aren't, but are consulting the porting guide, have a different understanding of the situation.
You've already been told, by Apple people and others, that that guide
is completely outdated. This is not a joke, this is not a guess or a
conjecture or an extrapolation; this is fact. That advice is no longer
relevant. Porting to 64-bit is not optional going forward. 32-bit
support is already waning in current versions of the OS and Apple has
all but explicitly stated they don't intend to do anything about it
and DO intend to drop the support in the future.
If you treat this as anything other than a reason to make the effort
now, while you still have a working application and don't have to
leave your users hanging waiting for a new version, then you are
saying that you -want- to fail. No more, no less.
64-bit porting is not a complicated endeavor for most applications,
and while I can speak with certainty only for myself, I'm sure many
people on the list would be more than happy to offer you advice on any
areas you find problematic if you would explain where you foresee
difficulties.
-- Gwynne
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