Must I compile on the target architecture?

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On Friday, 25 December 2015 at 12:43:05 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
> Hi, just a quick question:
>
> If I write a program in D and I use Windows for development but 
> want it to run on Linux, do I have to copy the source code to 
> the target Linux machine and compile it there, to make an 
> executable for that machine? What is the standard process for 
> cross platform compilation?

See also [Should I compile D program on Linux for 
windows?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13501595/should-i-compile-d-program-on-linux-for-windows/13502264#13502264)