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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.

I think it will be removed at some point

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.