DMD - Windows

[Manu]

Okay, so I was trying to link to a C lib, and I realised... DMD doesn't
support/produce VS compatible libs.
I should have realised this sooner, noting the cv debuginfo.

So like... WTF?

How am I supposed to use DMD in Windows in anything other than trivial,
self-contained programs?
VisualC is the de facto standard in Windows. All libs are COFF, and (unless
I'm working with GCC) everything I want to link to is produced from VC.

Let's also mention the debug info... Virtually every 3rd party tool assumes
and/or works best with PDB debug info. Being required to run cv2pdb is
pretty lame.

So... why no support for COFF libs, and PDB debug info?
Surely at least a compiler option would do the business if there is some
kinky attachment to CV and OMF :/

I was hoping to start a project using D as a front end language interacting
with my C/C++ engine lib... but I can't.
... and now that I think if it... how do ANY programs built with DMD
actually work? .. How does it link to system32.lib, user32.lib, etc?
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