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All you really need is cl.exe and friends, and the C/C++ headers, in some fixed directory path. (And, apparently, maybe a Fortran compiler?) That shouldn't take
by gary_0 3y ago
All you really need is cl.exe and friends, and the C/C++ headers, in some fixed directory path. (And, apparently, maybe a Fortran compiler?) That shouldn't take up that much space.
And the last time I was forced to install Windows 10, it spent a few hundred megabytes of bandwidth and disk space on Candy Crush Soda Saga, not to mention a bunch of other junk I never asked for, so disk space is not that precious to Microsoft.
- xcv123 3y agoThat simply won't work for most Windows development. Need all the frameworks, including .NET. At least tens of gigabytes. Full Visual Studio 2022 installation is 210 GB.
- gary_0 3y agoNobody's asking for .NET or an IDE. Just enough to build things like the aforementioned Python packages. Or am I missing your sarcasm?
- xcv123 3y agoThis is not sarcasm. You are asking for basic development capability in the base OS installation. Vast majority of Windows development uses .NET, or uses frameworks etc. The barebones C++ compiler and standard library simply won't work for most development on Windows, so what's the point? You are expecting base functionality to cater to your very niche specific needs which is practically useless for the vast majority of Windows development in general. There's no business case for it. Won't happen. Even on Linux I need to install a lot of headers and libraries and compilers and SDKs before it can be used for development. Ubuntu base install is practically useless for dev without `apt install <all the things>`.
- kragen 3y agoyou just need something you can compile them with