Re: [Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

2009-10-16 Thread cstrato
Dear Simon, Of course I have read the MS docs, especially: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3.aspx which says, that /MT uses the multithread, static version of the run-time library. As far as I understand this is not what most people want since to my knowledge most programs seem t

Re: [Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

2009-10-16 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Oct 15, 2009, at 17:01 , cstrato wrote: Dear Duncan, In your document "readme.packages.txt" you have a very helpful chapter on "Using Visual C++". Please allow me to ask you one question: Why do you propose the option "/MT" instead of option "/MD"? (To my knowledge usually option "/MD"

Re: [Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

2009-10-16 Thread cstrato
Thank you for this clarification, neither did I know that it was written by Brian Ripley (although now this seems to be obvious) nor that the advice is already 10 years old. Thus please allow me to re-phrase my question: Dear Prof. Ripley: 1, Why did you propose the option "/MT" instead of opt

Re: [Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

2009-10-15 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 15/10/2009 5:01 PM, cstrato wrote: Dear Duncan, In your document "readme.packages.txt" you have a very helpful chapter on "Using Visual C++". Please allow me to ask you one question: Why do you propose the option "/MT" instead of option "/MD"? (To my knowledge usually option "/MD" is used w

[Rd] Question when compiling source code with VC++

2009-10-15 Thread cstrato
Dear Duncan, In your document "readme.packages.txt" you have a very helpful chapter on "Using Visual C++". Please allow me to ask you one question: Why do you propose the option "/MT" instead of option "/MD"? (To my knowledge usually option "/MD" is used when compiling programs with VC++.) B