Application Naming Conventions

Rather than having specific names for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of an application, such as foo32 and foo64, 32-bit and 64-bit applications can be placed in the appropriate platform-specific subdirectory, as explained in Placement of Libraries and Programs. Wrappers, which are explained in the next section, can then be used to run the correct version of the application. One advantage is that the user does not need to know about the specific 32-bit and 64-bit version, since the correct version executes automatically, depending on the platform.