Simple -- 32-bit compilers compile programs for 32 bit platforms, et al. Turbo C is a 16-bit fossil because most people nowadays don't ever use 16-bit platforms any more
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Simple -- 32-bit compilers compile programs for 32 bit platforms, et al. Turbo C is a 16-bit fossil because most people nowadays don't ever use 16-bit platforms any more
64 bit compilers might take advantage of some features that exist only on 64 bit processors, so you probably won't be able to run programs compiled with them on 32 bit processors.