"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Martelli wrote: > > Can anybody suggest where to get a Framework SDK 1.1., or any other > > legal way to get "the core msvcrt.lib for msvcr71.dll against which to > > link your extensions. This is critically important"...??? > > From > > >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b3a2ca6-3647- >4070-9f41-a333c6b9181d&displaylang=en >
Thanks! For the convenience of tinyurl-preferrers: http://tinyurl.com/5flob > > I'm sure my Windows-loving > > colleagues in the PSF (who got several free copies of VS 2003 from > > Microsoft, I believe -- at the time, I had zero Windows installations > > and zero interest in Windows, so I didn't sign up for one) have fully > > considered this recurring drama, and come to the decision of sticking > > with VS 2003 (avoiding any free-as-in-beer compilers such as VS 2005 or > > mingw) with thorough and wise deliberation. > > Not sure whether this mark was meant to be sarcastic: but why you don't > want to use mingw to build extensions on Windows, I cannot understand. Jocular, but not sarcastic. I have no problems using mingw if that's what it takes -- the later instructions I saw were those suggesting the Toolkit instead, so those are the ones I'm trying to follow. What's the updated URL for the instructions about using mingw instead? Thanks, Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
