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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