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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Win64 Version of ConTeXt Standalone?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:50:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <528650CE.9050909@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52864D69.9010001@meahan.net>

On 11/15/2013 5:35 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:
> I'm curious (not complaining).
>
> Does a Win64 version of the Standalone suite exist? Certainly the 32-bit
> binary works fine (the exigencies of WOW64 notwithstanding) but it seems
> odd to me 64-bit versions for Mac, Linux, FreeBSD or FreeBSD/Debian
> exist but not a 64-bit Windows version. This seems particularly odd
> given most laptops/desktops the last few years have been 64-bit with a
> 64-bit OS even the cheap consumer-grade laptop I bought my wife.
>
> Is there a technical reason or simply lack of a maintainer?

no .. 64 bit binaries even have been tested quite a while ago .. so it's 
just a matter of time .. i need to adapt the update script and mojca has 
to add something to the garden and we both have been a bit busy recently

(just as on unix there is a bit of performance gain)

Hans

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2013-11-15 16:35 Bill Meahan
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