Re: [boost] [Build] x32

Subject: Re: [boost] [Build] x32
From: Roger Leigh (rleigh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-28 09:28:56

On 28/11/17 09:19, Olaf van der Spek via Boost wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> libboost_system-vc141-mt-gd-x32-1_66.lib
> 
> Why is this named x32? AFAIK the normal name is x86.

Also, x32 also is used to mean something quite different: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X32_ABI (x64 ABI with 4-byte addressing, 
but all the other extensions available such as extra registers, SSE).

Regards,
Roger