On 13 May 2014 23:24, steven kladitis via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 13 May 2014 at 13:16:50 UTC, steven kladitis wrote: >> >> On Monday, 12 May 2014 at 23:21:28 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >>> >>> On 5/12/2014 5:01 PM, Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d wrote: >>>> >>>> On 5/12/14, Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d >>>> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You don't need a 64-bit version: Compiling 64-bit programs doesn't >>>>> require a 64-bit compiler. Just install VC++, use the DMD 2.065 Win >>>>> installer, and then toss in the -m64 flag when compiling. Works fine. >>>>> Doesn't matter if DMD itself is 32-bit. >>>> >>>> >>>> As Vladimir in IRC reminded me, there is one use-case: You may need it >>>> for some intensive CTFE stuff (excessive memory allocations and no >>>> freeing by the compiler). That is, if you need more than 3/4 gigs. >>>> >>> >>> Right, there's certainly that. But that has nothing to do with whether >>> you're trying to build a 64-bit or 32-bit program, and (at least for >>> Windows) it isn't even an issue at all unless you actually are hitting that >>> limit (unlikely for a newcomer to D). It sounded like steven kladitis was >>> worried about just being able to create 64-bit programs. For that, it makes >>> no difference if the compiler itself is a 32- or 64-bit build. >> >> >> dmd -m64 ( windows ) says \bin\link not found :) > > > if the -m64 lets the compiled code use 64 bit registers and ints are now 64 > bit then great! What is VC++, is it free?
Pointers are 64bits. int is 32 bits, long is 64 bits. size_t is 64 bits. VC++ is Microsoft's compiler, DMD-x64 uses the de-facto standard Microsoft linker, since OPTLINK doesn't support 64bit. It is available for free.
