On 14 April 2010 07:37, Paul Rudin <p...@rudin.co.uk> wrote: > "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> writes: > >> The major difference in the "do it yourself" attitude is that Mac user >> get a compiler for free, as part of the operating system release, >> whereas for Windows, they have to pay for it (leaving alone VS Express >> for the moment). > > JOOI why ignore the express versions of the MS compilers? All (I think) > MS compilers are available for free in command line versions - it's the > GUI tools you pay for.
I believe that the express editions don't include some of the advanced optimisations (profile guided optimisation rings a bell) which are used to build the official binaries. So if the binaries were built using Express Edition, they would be somewhat slower. That is just my recollection, however - it may be out of date or wrong. Paul. _______________________________________________ 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