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by 95014_refugee 758 days ago
Memory efficiency just for one. For most programs, and especially in the embedded space, 64b systems carry around (and process) a lot more zeros than 32b systems do. You can still do 64b math when you need it, but you don’t have to pay for it when you don’t.

Given that software is always too big, this can often be a product-making distinction.