D2 for Win64

[Paulo Pinto]

On Saturday, 13 October 2012 at 01:45:11 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Is now in a semi-usable state. Problems remain:
>
>         $(LI 80 bit reals are truncated to 64 bits when 
> formatting.)
>         $(LI Many math functions are not implemented.)
>         $(LI No symbolic debug info is generated.)
>         $(LI Cannot catch Win64 structured exception handling 
> exceptions.)
>         $(LI VS debugger cannot look at call stack.)
>         $(LI Only tested with VS 2010.)
>         $(LI No installer.)
>
> So if you're feeling intrepid, give it a whirl. Expect problems.
>
> Yes, you have to have Visual Studio installed. Yes, it 
> generates MS-Coff, and requires MS-Link to link.

Great work!

I imagine the Windows SDK would be enough, as  it also contains 
the compilers, at least until version 2010.

With 2012 I think Visual C++ Desktop Express might be required, 
in addition to the SDK.

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Paulo