On 5/4/2010 11:40, Vincent Snijders wrote:
Jonas Maebe schreef:
On 04 May 2010, at 15:29, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

So to be able to compile Win64 apps, we need two installations. The
Win64 download (17MB) and the i386 download (35MB).

* now installation is more complex than it needs to be. It now
requires two FPC versions.


I don't know where to add this exactly in this thread, but the win64
version of Lazarus includes a native win64 version of the compiler. It
is done because I think that to make sure it can compile Lazarus
correctly, it has to be able to compile itself correct and create a
running executable.

Vincent


OT: After reading this whole thread, Vincent's reply made me LOL

Is there a hope then to have a native 64bit Windows version of FPC posted (download pages, sourceforge, etc.)?

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