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Comment by jmalicki | original | RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython
[−]jmalicki · 2026-08-30 Sun 02:01 UTC · link
Sure, but I had to look:

Tier1: Windows x64/i686, Linux x64/ARM gcc, Darwin/ARM

Tier2: Linux x64/ARM w/ clang, Windows ARM, WASM, Darwin/x64

Tier3 is a pretty low support level, but tiers 1 and 2 is a pretty short list of major commercial platforms. Also even for developers to fix, availability of e.g. RiscV machines in the cloud to reproduce and fix on is still somewhat limited.

[−]zxexz · 2026-08-30 Sun 05:04 UTC · link
Windows i686, tier 1, what? I’ll do some digging when I’m home but I feel the sudden need to understand this.
[−]zxexz · 2026-08-30 Sun 05:10 UTC · link
Oh, wow

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows...

[−]jmalicki · 2026-08-30 Sun 05:39 UTC · link
Interestingly embedded 32 bit Linux is not tier 1 or 2 though :)