MRAB wrote:
CPython is being developed primarily on Linux. Linux and other Unix-like operating systems come with a C compiler as standard (the histories of Unix and C are closely linked).
Also, Linux (and other unix-like systems) don't tend to change the compiler toolsets and libraries in incompatible ways with every release like Microsoft is in the habit of doing, so it's far less critical to have exactly the right version of the compiler at hand when compiling Python modules. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
