64-bit DMD for windows?

Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon May 12 11:24:28 PDT 2014


On 5/12/2014 2:04 PM, steven kladitis wrote:
> On Monday, 12 May 2014 at 17:46:21 UTC, Kapps wrote:
>> On Monday, 12 May 2014 at 16:47:21 UTC, steven kladitis wrote:
>>> It is NOT just for memory addressing , wchi is very simple under 64
>>> bit, but also 64 bit registers, 16 of them , not just 8 32 bit.  I
>>> think there should be a 64 bit version.
>>
>>
>> This topic is 3 years old, DMD can already generate 64-bit
>> programs on Windows (although I don't think DMD itself is 64-bit).
>
> I still only see 32 bit version for Windows. I admit I have a 32 bit
> laptop , over 10 years old :) . All other laptops and pcs I have are 64
> bit processors.
> If anyone out there has a 64 bit; version 2.065 , for windows let me know.

You don't need a 64-bit version: Compiling 64-bit programs doesn't 
require a 64-bit compiler. Just install VC++, use the DMD 2.065 Win 
installer, and then toss in the -m64 flag when compiling. Works fine. 
Doesn't matter if DMD itself is 32-bit.



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