For a bit of history (and why you should not use) MSVCRT you can read here https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnew ... 00/?p=1273
PureBasic (linker?) seems to use MSVCRT for stuff like malloc, but on Windows there are Win32 APIs that does the same. (and MSVCRT wraps those APIs anyway).
msvcrt.dll is a relic from the Windows NT 4.0 era, and it's not even a part of the Win32 API.
Get rid of MSVCRT.DLL dependancy
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Get rid of MSVCRT.DLL dependancy
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Re: Get rid of MSVCRT.DLL dependancy
I think it will be removed at some point 

Re: Get rid of MSVCRT.DLL dependancy
The problem is you will need to ship another DLL then with your exe, as MSVCRT.dll is the only one found on all Windows version. MSVCRT70.dll, 80.dll etc. are not installed by default.