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Explore Stack InternalIf the software needs to interface directly with legacy systems, drivers or libraries, then you may need to supply a 32bit32-bit version, since AFAIK the OS generally (definitely Windows and Linux AFAIK) doesn't allow mixing of 64bit64-bit and 32bit32-bit code within a process.
For example, if your software needs to access specialty hardware, it's not uncommon for customers to operate older models for which only 32bit32-bit drivers are available.
If the software needs to interface directly with legacy systems, drivers or libraries, then you may need to supply a 32bit version, since AFAIK the OS generally (definitely Windows and Linux AFAIK) doesn't allow mixing of 64bit and 32bit code within a process.
For example, if your software needs to access specialty hardware, it's not uncommon for customers to operate older models for which only 32bit drivers are available.
If the software needs to interface directly with legacy systems, drivers or libraries, then you may need to supply a 32-bit version, since AFAIK the OS generally (definitely Windows and Linux AFAIK) doesn't allow mixing of 64-bit and 32-bit code within a process.
For example, if your software needs to access specialty hardware, it's not uncommon for customers to operate older models for which only 32-bit drivers are available.
If the software needs to interface directly with legacy systems, drivers or libraries, then you may need to supply a 32bit version, since AFAIK the OS generally (definitely Windows and Linux AFAIK) doesn't allow mixing of 64bit and 32bit code within a process.
For example, if your software needs to access specialty hardware, it's not uncommon for customers to operate older models for which only 32bit drivers are available.
