Addresses #3. Very helpful instructions in that issue indeed. I still have no real idea how things come together internally but I was able to throw some changes at it and it succeeded in building something.
$ sudo docker run -it --rm msvc:16
Microsoft Windows 10.0.10240 (4.0)
Z:\root>cl.exe
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.21.27702.2 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
Z:\root>msc_ver.exe
1921
Z:\root>
Addresses #3. Very helpful instructions in that issue indeed. I still have no real idea how things come together internally but I was able to throw some changes at it and it succeeded in building something.