Re: VB6 and New Versions of Windows

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From: Rick Rothstein (rickNOSPAMnews_at_NOSPAMcomcast.net)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:33:57 -0400

> Jonathan <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > So what future operating systems will support VB6? I am mainly
concerned
> > about the 64 bit versions of windows. Thanks for the help.
>
> AMD recently demonstrated that it's not necessary to sacrifice the
32-bit instruction
> set when building a 64-bit processor. There's little reason to
believe a 64-bit
> version of Windows woudn't run Win32 software. It certainly wouldn't
be marketable
> unless/until that happened.

Jonathan is asking about future 64-bit operating systems... Hell, I'm
wondering what stuff (VB6, as well as other language, programs) will
manage to survive WinXP's SP2?<g>

Rick - MVP

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