why is the portable 32bit only? Portable apps can develop 64bit portable apps

• Oct 8, 2020 - 15:13

hi
may I know why the portable version is 32bit only?

portable apps can develop 64bit portable apps like chrome 64bit and firefox 64bit and other software

thanks

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• Oct 8, 2020 - 15:24

Because those run on 32bit and 64bit and so are more portable.
While it is (meanwhile) possible to also build 64bit PortableApps, those are rather unusal.

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• Oct 8, 2020 - 19:15

Ciao.
As Jojo already pointed out, PortableApps are usually 32bit for larger portability. That's why only a 32bit PortableApp was done. The compilation works also for a 64bit PortableApp, so it is not a problem of compilation.
In principle we could bundle together a 32bit and a 64bit executables, as explained here: https://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/topics/64-bit…
but in that case the size of the PortableApp application would roughly double.
There should not be much difference between the 32 and the 64bit; maybe only if someone uses very large soundfonts for playback (since 32bit has stronger RAM limitations).
If a 64bit PortableApp is highly requested, I think we can easily automate its build (as it is currently done for the 32bit PortableApp).

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• Oct 9, 2020 - 05:55

Hi ABL

about
"There should not be much difference between the 32 and the 64bit; maybe only if someone uses very large soundfonts for playback (since 32bit has stronger RAM limitations)"

makes sense , about soundfonts
and i guess have lots of gpx or gp5 (tablature) opened doesn't need to much ram ,do they?
thanks

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