[Python-Dev] Fwd: Download Page - AMD64 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jan 13 20:40:30 CET 2010

As Windows doesn't run on non-x86 architectures, their naming is generally just Windows (32 bit) and Windows (64 bit).

Windows actually does - it runs on IA-64 (which is a non-x86 architecture).

However, end users are unlikely to use such hardware, so distinguishing between 32-bit and 64-bit is typically good enough.

In this case, making it clear that the 64-bit Windows binaries work for both Intel and AMD chips is more important than using only the official architecture name.

Well, we did have Itanium binaries at one point, and the "64-bit Windows binaries" you are referring to most definitely don't run on Itanium, even though that's an Intel chip.

Regards, Martin

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