[OT] D Lang installation on Windows, dependency on Visual Studio?

[fdjfgj via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 14 November 2016 at 20:01:37 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
wrote:
> On 11/14/2016 01:04 PM, fdjfgj wrote:
>> In 2005 a 250Gb magnetic HDD costed the same as nowadays 250Gb 
>> SSD.
>
> Eh? 2005 has nothing to do with anything.
>
> In 2016, magnetic HDDs are not purchased at 2005 prices.
>
> In 2016, a 250GB magnetic HDD costs vastly less than a 250GB 
> SSD.
>
> In 2016, you can even get a 1TB HDD for less than a 250GB SSD. 
> Even in 2.5".

I tried to tell that the SSD technology becomes cheaper and 
cheaper, as the magnetic disks during the previous decade.

>
> In 2016, 250GB is quite small as far as general-purpose PC 
> storage goes.

Because general purpose PC users more or less suffer of digital 
hoarding (videos & games & music accumulation).