Running an 64-bit version of Windows is one thing, compiling native Win64 applications is a complete other story. Most people that currently using Windows 64-bit are probably not interested in compiling applications, therefore this article is intended for those who want to give it a try,
but don't know how setup the required tools and are more than happy to see the displayed dialog box after running their 'Hello World...' on an 32-bits version of Windows. This means that compiling and linking the application was a success. Also Microsoft stated that cross compiling applications for the AMD64 was the only supported way of writing 64-bit applications for 64-bit Windows. Cross compiling is compiling software for one architecture on another architecture. For now I can say; that not supported does not necessary mean, that it does not work. You'll have to read on, in order to see how it's done. |