Re: Cannot access system32 directory from 32 bit cygwin after the commit 456c3a46

[Bill Stewart <bstewart@iname.com>]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 1:28 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote:

This is not the right place to discuss this in detail, but to me, a
> straightforward and sensible approach would have been to give the 64
> bit system dir another name right from the start:
>
>   C:\Windows\System64
>

That would not have worked for backward compatibility reasons.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/technet-magazine/ff955767(v=msdn.10)

The "32" suffix in System32 can be seen as just a label and doesn't
represent the "bitness" of the files within. (As Raymond says, "you should
think of System32 as the somewhat strange name for the 'system DLLs in the
same bitness as the application [in this case, OS] that’s running'
directory").

(You're right - not really the right place to discuss - was just responding
to the evaluative labeling.)

Bill