Re: GCC 4.1.2 installer for Python distutils compilation
On Mar 18, 6:22 pm, Giovanni Bajo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/03/2007 13.24, DavidRushbywrote: Even though I have access to MSVC 7.1, so I don't really need MinGW myself, [...] But remember that GCC 4.1.2 is almost 4 years newer than MSVC 7.1, and I found it to produce more optimized code (especially for C++). Since it's a free alternative, it might be worth to give it a go :) I just wrote a high-performance Windows-1251 codec in C (an optimized alternative to Python's including 'cp1251' codec). On Windows 2000 / Prescott PIV, GCC 4.1.2 does indeed produce code that is 30% faster than MSVC (this is with aggressive optimization switch tinkering on both compilers). This is for fairly simple, non- floating-point C code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: GCC 4.1.2 installer for Python distutils compilation
On Mar 18, 5:08 am, Giovanni Bajo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page: http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries contains a friendly Windows installer for GCC 4.1.2 (MinGW binary version), with full support for integrating it with Python installations so that it is used by distutils to compile Python extensions. Sweet! Even though I have access to MSVC 7.1, so I don't really need MinGW myself, it can be unnecessarily difficult to get Windows-using contributors started on a project that involves C extensions. Your contribution should improve the situation greatly. Thanks a lot. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: GCC 4.1.2 installer for Python distutils compilation
On 18/03/2007 13.24, David Rushby wrote: Even though I have access to MSVC 7.1, so I don't really need MinGW myself, [...] But remember that GCC 4.1.2 is almost 4 years newer than MSVC 7.1, and I found it to produce more optimized code (especially for C++). Since it's a free alternative, it might be worth to give it a go :) -- Giovanni Bajo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANN] GCC 4.1.2 installer for Python distutils compilation
Hello, This page: http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries contains a friendly Windows installer for GCC 4.1.2 (MinGW binary version), with full support for integrating it with Python installations so that it is used by distutils to compile Python extensions. Direct download link: http://www.develer.com/~rasky/gcc-4.1.2-mingw-setup.exe Who needs this package? * People who wants to use FLOSS tools to develop Python extensions. * People who wants to use the recent GCC 4.1.2 to develop Python extensions, given that it easily outperforms the 4-years-old Visual Studio .NET 2003. What's special about this? * mingw.org still has GCC 3.4.2, so go figure. Also, you need to compose other packages together. This is a single installer with everything inside. * By default, MinGW GCC links with MSVCRT.DLL, and not MSVCR71.DLL (used by Python 2.4 and 2.5). Fixing this is pretty complicate, and there's much confusion (Google turns up red herrings). This package handles everything for you, and it just works. -- Giovanni Bajo Develer S.r.l. http://www.develer.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html
[ANN] GCC 4.1.2 installer for Python distutils compilation
Hello, This page: http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries contains a friendly Windows installer for GCC 4.1.2 (MinGW binary version), with full support for integrating it with Python installations so that it is used by distutils to compile Python extensions. Direct download link: http://www.develer.com/~rasky/gcc-4.1.2-mingw-setup.exe Who needs this package? * People who wants to use FLOSS tools to develop Python extensions. * People who wants to use the recent GCC 4.1.2 to develop Python extensions, given that it easily outperforms the 4-years-old Visual Studio .NET 2003. What's special about this? * mingw.org still has GCC 3.4.2, so go figure. Also, you need to compose other packages together. This is a single installer with everything inside. * By default, MinGW GCC links with MSVCRT.DLL, and not MSVCR71.DLL (used by Python 2.4 and 2.5). Fixing this is pretty complicate, and there's much confusion (Google turns up red herrings). This package handles everything for you, and it just works. -- Giovanni Bajo Develer S.r.l. http://www.develer.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
