JEP 479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port
❓ Why is this being done?
📉 Obsolete architecture — 32-bit systems are now extremely rare
💼 All major Java deployments and tools run on 64-bit environments
🛠️ Removes maintenance overhead for testing, fixing, and optimizing unused code
🔧 Enables more modern optimizations that assume 64-bit pointers
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