What is the status of 64-bit development on Windows?

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On Friday, 24 October 2014 at 18:14:18 UTC, ixid wrote:
> On Monday, 20 October 2014 at 21:05:33 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Monday, 20 October 2014 at 20:28:03 UTC, katuday wrote:
>>> I am confused. Microsoft C/C++ tool chain is required in 
>>> order to use dmd? How?
>>
>> For 32-bit compilation, no, no additional download is 
>> necessary.  For 64-bit, you need the Microsoft COFF linker and 
>> C runtime.  The installer will try to automatically configure 
>> dmd to use those if you have them already.  Have you tried it?
>>
>> Using Win64 from the zip file will require some manual 
>> configuration, similar to these somewhat outdated instructions 
>> on the wiki:
>>
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/Installing_DMD_on_64-bit_Windows_7_(COFF-compatible)
>>
>> There is also experimental support for 32-bit COFF in the 
>> latest git HEAD. :)
>
> That currently says it has no text. This is frustrating trying 
> to get 64 bit DMD to work, it really needs to be easier.

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