title: Does 64-bit Anaconda on win32 uses 32-bit or 64-bit?
body: <p>I guess the answer is 32-bit, but I'm a bit confused on why I can even install Anaconda 64 in a win32.</p>
  
  <p>I used to work on Anaconda 64-bit but I just realized that my system is win32 and this generated some exceptions from time to time. See for instance this issue I opened for scipy:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/4524" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/4524</a></p>
  
  <p>I have a 64-bit OS according to my system info. So:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Does 64-bit Anaconda on win32 use 32-bit or 64-bit?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>(I don't know why I have a win32 on a "64-bit OS")</p>
  
  <p>When I start a python session, it says: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Anaconda 2.1;0 (64-bit) (default; Jul 2 2014) [MSC v.1 500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32.</p>
  </blockquote>