[fpc-pascal] FPC for Win64

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 02/07/2020 9:30 pm, Evert van Dijken via fpc-pascal wrote:
> I see a WIN32 compiler and a WIN64 cross 
> compiler. How it works is a mystery for me. 

I never understood the choice FPC made to not create a native 64-bit
compiler, but rather stay with a cross-compiler. *shrug*
I've always simply downloaded the latest release source code, and
built my own native 64-bit FPC with the previous FPC release.

I've done this for 10 years - simply because 10 years ago (there
about) I had issues with the cross-compiler generating broken
executables. Obviously that could have been a local problem, but
either way, I didn't trust them since. So I compile my own
native 64-bit version (just like I did for Linux and FreeBSD).


Regards,
  Graeme

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