Windows Visual C++ Express x64 static binaries

[NightStrike]

On 5/17/08, Brian Gladman <brg at gladman.plus.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sisyphus" <sisyphus1 at optusnet.com.au>
> To: <gmp-discuss at swox.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Windows Visual C++ Express x64 static binaries
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Gladman" <brg at gladman.plus.com>
> > .
> > .
> >>
> >> My Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 build project for GMP provides static and
> >> DLL builds for both 32 and 64 bit libraries.
> >>
> >
> > But these require a commercial version of Visual Studio - the free
> > versions
> > of Visual Studio are inadequate aren't they ?
>
> Visual Studio 2008 C/C++ Express is free and it can build the 32-bit GMP
> libraries and applications that use them.
>
> But it doesn't contain the 64-bit compiler.
>
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong. (I would actually be quite delighted if I
> > *am* wrong about this :-)
>
> I am told that it is possible to obtain the 64-bit compiler in a free
> download but I don't know how to do this.  I suspect that others here can
> explain how to obtain this.

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