On 31/03/2023 19:59, Zeb Figura wrote:
On 3/31/23 11:46, Eric Pouech wrote:
So this mail to share the question, and a proposal
- *wow64*: the new multi-arch wow64 configuration, which mimics
windows wow64 architecture ; dropping the 'new' to match with windows (and also, not sure that in 10years from now it will still be "new")
I don't see what is gained by being *less* specific, especially when we've been referring to this as unqualified "wow64" for years. I fully intend to keep calling this "new", and I'd exhort anyone else to as well.
Isn't the "old wow64" still going to be used if the host supplies the necessary 32-bit libraries? To avoid rather expensive syscalls and mode switches (only "unix calls"). I recall something along those lines.
In that case I would suggest something like "host wow64" or "multi-arch wow64" for the old wow64. "host32" suggested by Esme is probably fine but I feel like it still needs wow64 in the name?