Re: 32-bit on 10.8
Re: 32-bit on 10.8
- Subject: Re: 32-bit on 10.8
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:20:18 -0500
On Aug 11, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Jayson Adams <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> What it doesn't say anything about is the timing of the demise of 32-bit support.
>>
>> Of course we don't know the exact timing, but it's entirely plausible that it could be removed in 10.9 or 10.10, and if you don't want to get a really rude surprise, you should be assuming that that is what will happen.
>
> 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.
Casting blame around isn't going to be of much help when you are losing customers and money by the bucketful because your software doesn't run on the latest version of OS X. The fact that that outdated page from the porting guide is still up is unfortunate, but every Apple employee I've talked to, including Greg Parker right here in this thread, has stated unequivocally that we need to be porting to 64-bit. If you like to live dangerously, that's your prerogative I guess, but I really wouldn't recommend others to do so.
Charles
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