Questions tagged [32-bit]
The 32-bit tag has no summary.
14 questions
0 votes
0 answers
532 views
Porting a 32-bit Win32 DLL driver to 64-bit when a 64-bit DLL is unavailable in C++
I have a legacy 32-bit Win32 DLL driver that interfaces with a test equipment. I possess the API header file for this driver, and I dynamically load the DLL at runtime within my C++ test application ...
- 127
-2 votes
1 answer
223 views
If the set of MIPS instructions were changed to accommodate 128 records theory question
If the set of MIPS instructions were changed to accommodate 128 records and 4 times more instructions type-I, which would be the largest hexadecimal immediate value that could be supported, keeping ...
13 votes
4 answers
2k views
Should I deploy 32-bit only or both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows?
I have a cross-platform application written in a compiled language. For Linux it is customary to have both amd64 and i386 builds available to user, so user can choose version, suitable for its ...
30 votes
2 answers
6k views
Why might it be difficult to make a 64 bit version of a program?
In my short time programming, it has been trivial to compile any of my C++, Java, etc. for either a 32 or 64 bit machine so long as I have the full source for the program. But a lot of software is ...
- 611
1 vote
8 answers
728 views
Using error numbers which only work on 64 bit servers: a bad idea?
In an attempt to solve one problem I encountered another. I would like to have an easy and memorable way of creating unique error numbers, across projects and across developers. The scheme I came up ...
- 1,079
5 votes
1 answer
1k views
Why do some software packages have an "amd64" suffix for 64-bit systems?
When downloading various software packages, and executables for Windows, I always see two different types of executables to download. One just says ...32-bit and the other always says ...amd64. I know ...
- 493
17 votes
3 answers
66k views
Is there something special about the number 65535?
2¹⁶-1 & 2⁵ = 2⁵ (or? obviously ?) A developer asked me today what is bitwise 65535 & 32 i.e. 2¹⁶-1 & 2⁵ = ? I thought at first spontaneously 32 but it seemed to easy whereupon I thought ...
- 8,198