Why is 64-bit dmd not built as part of the Windows release?

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 16:01:28 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
> I just spent 45min trying to build 64-bit dmd on Windows. It 
> wasn't fun. "Isn't it just make -f win64.mak?", I hear you ask. 
> Yes. If you want a version with debug messages turned on. It 
> took me 45min to learn that disabling those is... non-trivial.

I realize you all must be sick of me by now, but:

digger build --model=64

If you don't have Digger yet, you can run it straight from Dub:

dub fetch digger
dub run digger -- build --model=64