Do users need to install VS runtime redistributable if linking with Microsoft linker?

[Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 28 September 2015 at 16:36:47 UTC, ponce wrote:
> OK, but why does that need to happen? I don't get why does 
> linking with MS linker implies a runtime dependency.
>
> I thought we would be left out of these sort of problems when 
> using D :(

About universal CRT: 
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2015/03/03/introducing-the-universal-crt.aspx
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226