[Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

[cstrato]

Thank you for this clarification, neither did I know that it was written 
by Brian Ripley (although now this seems to be obvious) nor that the 
advice is already 10 years old. Thus please allow me to re-phrase my 
question:

Dear Prof. Ripley:
1, Why did you propose the option "/MT" instead of option "/MD"?
2, Will the proposed settings to build the DLL still be valid for the 
upcoming Windows 7?

Best regards
Christian
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Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 15/10/2009 5:01 PM, cstrato wrote:
>> Dear Duncan,
>>
>> In your document "readme.packages.txt" you have a very helpful 
>> chapter on "Using Visual C++".
>> Please allow me to ask you one question: Why do you propose the 
>> option "/MT" instead of option "/MD"?
>> (To my knowledge usually option "/MD" is used when compiling programs 
>> with VC++.)
>
> I didn't write that: I've got no experience with VC++.  It was Brian 
> Ripley who wrote it, and the log says he wrote it in 1999.  So I'd 
> guess that it isn't bad advice (having lasted 10 years without a 
> change), but I guess it's possible that it is no longer optimal.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>