On Monday 27 February 2006 5:51 pm, Alex Martelli wrote: > On 2/27/06, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Microsoft has recently released their express version of the Visual C++. > > Given that this version is free for everyone, wouldn't it make sense > > to ship Python 2.5 compiled with this version ?! > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx > > > > I suppose this would make compiling extensions easier for people > > who don't have a standard VC++ .NET installed. > > It would sure be nice for people like me with "occasional dabbler in > Windows" status, so, selfishly, I'd be all in favor. However...: > > What I hear from the rumor mill (not perhaps a reliable source) is a > bit discouraging about the stability of VS2005 (e.g. internal > rebellion at MS in which groups which need to ship a lot of code > pushed back against any attempt to make them use VS2005, and managed > to win the internal fight and stick with VS2003), but I don't know if > any such worry applies to something as simple as the mere compilation > of C code...
...but some extension modules are 500,000 lines of C++. Phil _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
