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> So 32-bit x86 is dead, dead, dead. There's absolutely no future to it.
> We're not adding new stuff to "future-proof" it.

I think you underestimate how long it'll be present given the advantages
of 32bit in certain situations like very very small devices. Intel is
still releasing new 32bit processors (SoC X1020D etc - 'Quark')

Alan