Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-07 Thread Duncan Booth
Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, people have compiled Python with gcc on windows. I believe it is slightly slower than the standard release, but I would guess that may depend on the exact versions of gcc/msc you choose to compare, and the exact compiler options you choose (or I

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-07 Thread Franz Steinhaeusler
On 7 Feb 2007 09:44:32 GMT, Duncan Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, people have compiled Python with gcc on windows. I believe it is slightly slower than the standard release, but I would guess that may depend on the exact versions of gcc/msc you

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-06 Thread Franz Steinhaeusler
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:17:48 +0100, hg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duncan Booth wrote: Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm only curious. Why is Python and most extension (also wxPython) not built using an open source compiler like gcc or g++ on Windows? I'm always

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-06 Thread Duncan Booth
Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @Duncan: Yes, you are not wrong! :) But this is not really open source in my opinion. Ok there is the VC++ toolkit for download. Which I agree totally is a real pain finding the right versions to download. I'm just curious, if there ever had

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-06 Thread Franz Steinhaeusler
On 6 Feb 2007 08:35:08 GMT, Duncan Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @Duncan: Yes, you are not wrong! :) But this is not really open source in my opinion. Ok there is the VC++ toolkit for download. Which I agree totally is a real pain finding the

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-05 Thread Duncan Booth
Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm only curious. Why is Python and most extension (also wxPython) not built using an open source compiler like gcc or g++ on Windows? I'm always wondering, why Microsoft is still supported in that way, using VC++ 7.1, if I'm not

Re: Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-05 Thread hg
Duncan Booth wrote: Franz Steinhaeusler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm only curious. Why is Python and most extension (also wxPython) not built using an open source compiler like gcc or g++ on Windows? I'm always wondering, why Microsoft is still supported in that way, using VC++

Python compiled on Windows

2007-02-04 Thread Franz Steinhaeusler
Hello, I'm only curious. Why is Python and most extension (also wxPython) not built using an open source compiler like gcc or g++ on Windows? I'm always wondering, why Microsoft is still supported in that way, using VC++ 7.1, if I'm not wrong. Ok, maybe the compiled assembler code could be