On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 14:03, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Paul Rudin wrote: > > "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> writes: > > > >> The major difference in the "do it yourself" attitude is that Mac user > >> get a compiler for free, as part of the operating system release, > >> whereas for Windows, they have to pay for it (leaving alone VS Express > >> for the moment). > > > > JOOI why ignore the express versions of the MS compilers? All (I think) > > MS compilers are available for free in command line versions - it's the > > GUI tools you pay for. > > Primarily out of a historical perspective: I think "we" started > providing Windows binaries primarily because some people bought the > appropriate license (of Visual Studio, and Wise Installer). IMO, that's > a stronger reason than mere convenience. > > As for available tools: I'm not sure how you would build an AMD64 > release just with those tools. > > Regards, > Martin Outside of hacking the registry and various config files, 64-bit builds can't be done with the express versions of Visual Studio, and I wouldn't be comfortable shipping a product built in that way.
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