[mrpippy]

It's funny, Microsoft Office has the same problems to an even greater degree (vastly more users, more 3rd party extensions, an entire suite of apps each probably more complex than VS), and yet they've had a 64-bit edition available since 2013

[vic20forever]

They've always recommended the 32-bit version to users who require compatibility with those 3rd party extensions:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/choose-between-the-...

[danielbarla]

I suspect that being one of Microsoft's primary cash cows, they'd also have vastly more developers to throw at the problem.

[saagarjha]

Took them long enough, too. For the longest time they couldn’t switch because they were using Carbon instead of Cocoa.