On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > essentially One platform, and the freely available SDK is ONE compiler > > environment. > > If only that were true :-) > > What I've found is: > > 1. Different SDKs are needed for Python 2.7 and 3.3+ (the VS2008/VS2010 > split) > well, yeah, but that's not the problem at hand -- that one is ugly and painful and always has been :-( > 2. The v7.0 SDK (Python 2.7) is a bit of a beast to install correctly > - I managed to trash a VM by installing the x86 one when I should have > installed the x64 one. > Ah, what fun -- though if you DO install the right one, hopefully it will work, at least if it's installed with defaults, which most folks can do. > 3. There are bugs in the SDK - the setenv script for v7.0 needs fixes > or it fails. > OK -- that sucks and is simply going make this painful -- darn it! Agreed, it should be easy. And indeed, it is if you have the full > Visual Studio. But when Python 2.7 came out, the freely available MS > tools were distinctly less convenient to use, and that shows. > and they still are, too. It's getting a lot better, and once we start using MSVC 2012 or later > (i.e., Python 3.5+), the express editions include 64-bit support out > of the box, which makes most of the problems go away. > Sure, but is there something we can do with the old stuff -- some of us will be ruing 2.7 for a good while yet! > Steve wrote: As I mentioned at the start of this thread - hold your frustration and wait for a little while :) It wasn't clear -- will things get better for 2.7 ? OR just the new stuff? i.e. frustration aside, should I not bother to wrangle this now for my projects if I can hold off a bit? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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