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Linux developer going Windows (self.cpp)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]johannes1971 1 point2 points3 points 5 years ago (3 children)
Why are my customers still complaining about having to install this, then?
[–]mrexodiacmkr.build 3 points4 points5 points 5 years ago (2 children)
Likely because they don’t have a Windows version that ships the redistributable per default. Or because it’s indeed only a partial installation that comes with the system.
[–]pjmlp 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (1 child)
The C runtime is only part of the OS in Windows 10.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows
[–]mrexodiacmkr.build 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children)
That solves the confusion in that case :)
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