On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 13:45, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> So to echo what Michael said, the Microsoft nomenclature is "x64" >> regardless of yours and Martin's objections to that name. Nobody who >> uses Windows would be confused by "x64" since that is *the* Microsoft >> naming scheme. > > That's actually not entirely true. There are several places in the > APIs where Microsoft either allows or requires to call the architecture > AMD64 (e.g. architecture indication in MSI files).
I should have clarified I was talking about the names shown on MSDN subscriptions for downloading installation media of Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It's pretty clear in that context Microsoft uses x64 to describe this platform of Windows. But again, it's far from clear that this is a term they use for non-developers. -- Michael Urman _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
