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I wanted to know why, when you install R for Windows on a x64 machine, it lets you choose between installing 64-bit,32-bit, or both.
I don't understand why would you want to install 32-bit version of R. Maybe it's for backwards compatibility, I'm curious.
Thank you!
Sergio Fernández
Posted 2015-10-02T08:24:15.277
Reputation: 131
1Say you have a huge collection of 32-bit R package binaries, or even package source code that hasn't yet been ported to 64-bits. – David Schwartz – 2015-10-02T08:30:17.657
1Some basic answers here Some reasons are dependent on what specific software that is to be installed. – Moab – 2015-10-02T13:57:57.283
1More answers here – Moab – 2015-10-02T14:00:47.743