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

[Atila Neves]

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 19:54:03 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 16:01:28 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
>> Isn't it just make -f win64.mak?", I hear you ask.
>
> I wouldn't ask that. Every time I need a 64-bit dmd, I open the 
> project in src/vcbuild and let Visual Studio and Visual D take 
> care of it.

Unfortunately, that doesn't work so well when one is trying to 
automate the provisioning of a Windows dev/CI box from scratch. I 
guess I could try msbuild on it...

> But I agree with the subject entirely. 64-bit DMD is absolutely 
> required for my own usage. The Linux platforms have i386/x64 
> downloads. OSX is going 64-bit only. Having both packages 
> available for Windows would be much appreciated.

I'm sure there's a good reason why there's no pre-built 64-bit 
dmd for Windows, I just don't know what it is.