<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Matt Mossholder <<a href="mailto:matt@mossholder.com">matt@mossholder.com</a>> wrote:<br></span><span class=""><br>
> My bigger concern, though, is that most of the larger platforms are dropping<br>
> 32bit support, and that makes me concerned that 32bit platforms are turning<br>
> into the processor equivalent of the red-headed step child.<br>
<br>
</span>In the x86 world, yes, in the ARM world, not so much (yet),<br>
although the rumor is Apple will be dropping 32 bit support<br>
with iOS 11 (so sell your iPhone 5 today, before its value<br>
drops?).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>That wasn't really where I was headed. Most Linux development, from an application perspective, and in my opinion, appears to be done on x86 platforms. Since the major distros are dropping 32-bit support, the implication is that 32-bit support will become more of an afterthought than a primary concern. I could be wrong, but that is what I am worried about.</div><div><br></div><div> --Matt </div></div></div></div>