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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jan 13 20:45:40 CET 2010

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).

Regards, Martin

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