Where’s the 64-bit version of Visual Studio 2010?

You may have noticed that there is not a native 64-bit version of Visual Studio 2010. With all of the rage around 64-bit these days, what gives?

I’ve been getting that question a lot lately, and as it turns out there are some really good reasons for this (some of which I understand, and a few of which are beyond my scope of comprehension, but I have faith in the smart people who do). Rico Mariani, who is the architect for Visual Studio, was recently answering this question on an internal discussion thread and was kind enough to post a blog entry describing the rationale. Read more…