64bit linking on Windows without Visual Studio

[Jeremiah DeHaan via Digitalmars-d]

Hey all,

While browsing the other day I stumbled across a linker called 
polink (part of the Pelles C suite). After only a few tries I got 
a working 64bit Hello World executable to be produced using it. 
The terms of service is incredibly permissive, and it looks like 
we can use it how ever we want (though this would need 
confirmation). I'm wondering if this could be a possible 
replacement for needing to install Visual Studio along side the D 
compiler.

Thoughts?