C++ Redistributable 2013 Review

: Using the Official Microsoft Redistributable Package is recommended over manually bundling DLLs because it allows Windows to provide automatic security updates. 2. Lifecycle and Support Status

Released in 2013 — an eternity ago in tech — it brought C++11 support to the Windows masses. Move semantics, lambda expressions, smart pointers. For developers back then, it was liberation. For users today, it’s a dependency hell artifact. c++ redistributable 2013