[squeak-dev] Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Apr 12 13:03:25 UTC 2018


If that's indeed the case we need to make a 64 bit VM for 32 bit images. I
think this should be just a matter of picking the right compiler options.

Otherwise we won't have any way of opening regular 32 bit images on Macs.

- Bert -

On 12 April 2018 at 14:47, Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> According to [1], Apple has started to alert users when they open a 32-bit
> app on the Mac and I've seen such a dialog today myself when opening a
> 32-bit Squeak image.
>
> It looks like it is time to make 64-bit the default, maybe with the next
> release? The Pharo community is already doing that for quite some time, so
> I'm wondering if there is any reason not to do the same?
>
> Best,
> Fabio
>
> [1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/11/apple-starting-to-alert-
> users-that-it-will-end-32-bit-app-support/
>
>
>
>
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