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   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   On 27/08/2024 05:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:06:52 +0100, mm0fmf wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 26/08/2024 03:43, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Windows programs still use “Win32”.   
   >>   
   >> Win32 is the name of the API.   
   >   
   > Why is it not “Win64”?   
      
   The 64bit version is the same API compiled for 64bit instead of 32bit.   
      
   IIRC Win32 API first appeared 30 years ago and the name stuck as it   
   differentiated it from other APIs. Now there are no new 32bit Windows   
   versions on sale the name quietly changed in MS docs to Windows API.   
      
   If you say Win32 to people who develop for Windows then they know what   
   you mean.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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