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0 pointsmoron4hire11y ago0 comments

I think you're forgetting about the Visual C++ 20xx Redistributables. They aren't exactly tiny. https://www.dropbox.com/s/eizfqwg0ouiq4ql/Capture3.PNG

vs. the latest .NET install

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eizfqwg0ouiq4ql/Capture4.PNG

This is a brand new Windows 8.1 computer.

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modeless11y ago

The redistributable is huge but not required. You can statically link the C runtime. That option has never been available for C#, and IMHO it's the single biggest reason C# failed to replace C++ for Windows client development.

overgard11y ago

Exactly. The redist is potentially annoying, but for my own projects I tend to statically link almost everything. It's not really a size thing, it's more of a "I don't want to bug my potential users to have to install a bunch of system altering things" viewpoint.

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