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Is it possible to run 64-bit code on a machine with a 32-bit processor?

I was looking to get answers to these questions. but not much luck.

  • Is it possible to run code 32-biton a machine with 64-bit processor?

    The answer seems to be yes. but there are performance issues as they 32-bitsremain unused on the processor.

  • Now my question is the opposite: is it possible to run code 64-biton a machine with a processor 32-bit?

    from my little understanding, the answer is NO, because the code intended to run on 64-bit will use 64-process registars, but the machine 32-bitoffers only 32.

On the other hand, I found this link . According to this, you can compile 64-bit code on a 32-bit machine. But I do not understand how this is done, plus if compiling on a machine 32-bitalso guarantees executionon the same.

thanks for the help

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Is it possible to run 32-bit code on a machine with a 64-bit processor?

Yes. For example, this is handled on Windows through WOW64 .

Now my question is the opposite: is it possible to run 64-bit code on a machine with a 32-bit processor?

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