In my case it was not a waste of time. I use MSDN for dev and testing. Just not for release building.
"Steve Holden" <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: >Paul Moore wrote: >> 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 That is just my recollection, however - it may be out of date or wrong.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. > >I spent some considerable effort last year ensuring the developer >community was well-supplied with MS developer licenses that give access >to any necessary tools. Was I wasting my time? > >regards > Steve >-- >Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 >See PyCon Talks from Atlanta 2010 http://pycon.blip.tv/ >Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ >UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ >_______________________________________________ >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/eric%2Ba-python-dev%40trueblade.com > -- Eric. _______________________________________________ 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
