Fwd: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread Greg Keogh
> > Do you actually support/ship your app to run on x86-only or ARM > environments? If not, it probably doesn’t matter and I would probably give > this one and save the battles for other things. > All machines involved everywhere are x64. I will not concede defeat in this battle!! -- *Greg*

Re: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread David Connors
How's x64 emulation going on Windows on ARM these days? Last time I looked it was garbage. David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Telegram: https://t.me/davidconnors LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 at 14:30, Dr Greg Low via ozdotnet <

RE: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread Dr Greg Low
Yes, I was wondering the same thing David. I can’t recall the last time I worked on a 32 bit machine. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com | About Greg:

RE: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread David Kean
Do you actually support/ship your app to run on x86-only or ARM environments? If not, it probably doesn’t matter and I would probably give this one and save the battles for other things. From: Greg Keogh via ozdotnet Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 9:46 AM To: ozDotNet Cc: Greg Keogh

Re: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread mike smith
Sneak some x86 test cases into the build and have it break. On Thu, 13 Oct 2022, 11:07 Tony McGee via ozdotnet, wrote: > My understanding is that you target what you want to support, so if he's > only shipping fully managed code and supporting x64 systems then it doesn't > matter too much but

Re: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread Tony McGee
My understanding is that you target what you want to support, so if he's only shipping fully managed code and supporting x64 systems then it doesn't matter too much but in that case may be sidelining x86 or ARM users for no real reason. It gets more complicated if you need to support multiple

Re: Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread Preet Sangha
> "it's an x64 world and it creates a better impression" *the 2000's called and they want their outdated assumptions back* regards, Preet, in Auckland NZ On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 at 11:48, Greg Keogh via ozdotnet wrote: > Folks, one of my colleagues insists on compiling everything as platform >

Platform x64 argument

2022-10-12 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, one of my colleagues insists on compiling everything as platform x64 mainly because he thinks "it's an x64 world and it creates a better impression". For a year I've tried to convince him that for managed code that it's a complete waste of time. I've told him that ildasm.exe shows that for