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

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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 configuration, similar to these somewhat outdated instructions 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.