64 bit desktop apps

[Richmond]

So, backwards compatibility does not interest you?

I, for one, run Mac Machines running MacOS 10.4 PPC.

A lot of these machine are being dumped in poor countries where they can 
be used
for good purposes.

Richmond.

On 08/06/17 09:19, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
> On 2017-06-07 21:59, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
>> I disagree as there are plenty of Macs "out there" in the worldthat
>> run 32-bit systems.
>
> Not that LiveCode supports.
>
>> Far better to have BOTH possibilities checked as default.
>
> Only if there existed a Mac which can run LiveCode but cannot run 
> 64-bit apps - which is the case for LiveCode 9.x as it supports 10.9+.
>
> Indeed it would be far better to have no possibility at all (simpler) 
> - just build for 64-bit since...
>
> 64-bit support has been around since 10.6, at that time there were 
> machines which could run 10.6 which were 32-bit only.
>
> However, all macs which will run 10.7 will run 64-bit apps.
>
> Therefore, if LiveCode only supports 10.7 and above, then LiveCode and 
> any apps you build with it need only be 64-bit.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark.
>