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		svnpenn on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's... What I don't like about LDC, is you have to install the entire Visual Studio if you want a static build [1]. Contrast this with Go, Nim, Rust, Zig and others, that don't put this burden developers. Is DMD any different in this regard? 1. https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/4047

WalterBright on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

DMD doesn't require anything else. Except for Win64, where it needs the VS C runtime library and linker.

svnpenn on Nov 3, 2022 | [–]

> VS C runtime library and linker

is that included with the DMD installer? If not thats the same situation as LDC.

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