In defense of the Windows x86-32 Port

[Sandro Sabatini]

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> 
> The obvious reason is that maybe someone has some native code they’re calling via JNI, and they don’t have a 64-bit version handy.

There are at least some Java ATM applications (for example ATMfutura [1] [2]) that are calling CEN/XFS service providers [3] via JNI.
AFAIK these service providers are still 32-bit DLLS running on a 32-bit Windows.

[1] https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/70053/ncr-software-behind-swiss-banks-atmfutura-project
[2] https://www.six-group.com/en/newsroom/media-releases/2020/20201006-atmfutura-implemented.html
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEN/XFS

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