Re: [ANN] Vim for Windows build, contains all 3rd party dependencies

On Friday, January 2, 2015 11:46:17 AM UTC-6, Shiny Bling wrote:
> On Friday, 2 January 2015 18:28:19 UTC+1, Дарио Ѓорѓевски wrote:
> > Are your compiles 32- or 64-bit?
>
> 32bit. Is there any real advantage having 64 build?
>

I started self-compiling 64-bit, mainly because there is a server at work I use for a couple web services I administer, which is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and does not include the WOW64 system (and thus cannot run 32-bit binaries).

But I doubt very many people need a fully-featured Vim with all dependency DLLs for that. I think I haven't updated that install since sometime late in Version 7.3.x.

The other advantage is when using :! to run some standard system utilities like chcp which are not on the 32-bit path by default. But there are workarounds for that.

That, and you can install 64-bit versions of the dependency DLLs. But you've gotten rid of that sort of concern.

List of other reasons here, mostly not all that compelling: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Where_to_download_Vim

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