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https://log.schemescape.com/posts/programming-languages/compiling-cpp-for-windows-using-zig.html https://log.schemescape.com/posts/programming-languages/comp... "A good way to discourage me from testing out your software is to require a gigabyte (or more) download (and no, providing an installer that obscures the massive download is not a solution). The chief offender of inexplicably enormous downloads is, unfortunately, anything related to compiling software for Windows. Want to use the free edition of Microsoft Visual C? That will be at least 3 GB. How about a more modern language like C#? That's 5 GB. Even non-Visual Studio C/C++ compilers tend to be hundreds of megabytes." The Microsoft practice of burying relatively small executables and libraries inside mega- and now giga- sized downloads dates back to at least the early 90s.