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From: "Steve Amphlett" <Firstname.Lastname@Where-I-Work.com>
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Subject: Re: No Compilers in my Matlab 7.5 64-bit?
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:58:02 +0000 (UTC)
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Jan Houska <houska@humusoft.com> wrote in message <gsa3e5$cvu$1@ns.felk.cvut.cz>...
> Steve Amphlett wrote:
> > "Daniel " <djs32@buffalo.edu> wrote in message <gs8njg$m3l$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> >> Hello Will,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help.  I don't understand why Mathworks would not choose to natively support this feature in XP 64bit.
> >>
> >> thanks again!
> >> -Dan
> > 
> > Uh?
> > 
> > The MathWorks provides lcc for those who do not have a proper compiler.  The fact that there's no viable 64-bit version of this is beyond their conntrol.  It's also beyond their control that MS have decided to not offer their 64-bit MSVC++ compiler for free.
> > 
> > Their supported compilers are clearly stated.  They cost money.
> > 
> > We're you hoping that TMW would write their own C compiler and give it away for free?
> 
> One of the compilers supported for MATLAB 7.5 on Win64 is Microsoft 
> Platform SDK 14, which I believe is downloadable at no cost. The latest 
> MATLAB 7.8 supports Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition which is 
> also downloadable at no cost.
> 
> Jan

Mea culpa.  Looks like VS 2008 Express can be coerced into playing 64-bit for no cost.  It's not obvious from their (M$) site though.