Hi dom,

> How did you install it btw?

I've donwloaded all the x86-64 Zip files from the download page (including 
MinGW-w64). I've setup MinGW in "C:\MinGW\" and added it's "bin" folder to the 
path, then unpacked Nim in "C:\Nim\" and run "finish.exe". As I said, it can 
compile source alright.

I've alsp run "chock tests" (not to the end, it took ages so after about an 
hour I had to stop it's execution). Most tests passed, a few skipped, but I 
noticed that many of the C++ tests where failing.

> If not via choosenim then I suggest you give it a go.

I didn't use choosemin because I'm not sure how it actually works. I've noticed 
in the source code that it seems to download only the x86 version of MinGW:

[https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/blob/master/src/choosenim/download.nim#L15](https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/blob/master/src/choosenim/download.nim#L15)
    
    
    const # Windows-only
      mingwUrl = "http://nim-lang.org/download/mingw32.tar.gz";
      dllsUrl = "http://nim-lang.org/download/dlls.tar.gz";
    

Does it always install MinGW? And only 32 bit?

I'd like to have MinGW 64 bit, and available system wide, not only within Nim 
environment; I haven't understood how choosenim handles this.

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