On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 09:00, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:53, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 07:48, Robin <robi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Matthieu Brucher >>> <matthieu.bruc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I'm afraid that if you don't know if you have a compiler, you don't >>>> have one. This also means you will not be able to compile Numpy, as >>>> the official compiler is no longer available. >>> >>> Is this the VS 2008 Express Edition? I saw something posted a while >>> ago about how it was no longer available, but I think it was a mistake >>> as it still seems to be easily available from: >>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/#2008-All >> >> Would Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition have the C compiler? I know >> some visual basic and wouldn't mine having this limited version of >> 2008. > > You need Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition. Visual Basic 2008 Express > Edition is just a component of Visual Studio and does not have the C > compiler. Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is probably sufficient,
You mean it probably has the C compiler. If it does, I'd just as soon not install any more of VS. And if it does, does that mean that the setup.py in question would find it? > but > I recommend getting the whole Visual Studio if you can afford the time > and disk space. Because you think VS is a good application -- quite apart from its being a source of a C compiler? Dick _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
