Alex Martelli wrote: > On 2/27/06, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Microsoft has recently released their express version of the Visual C++. >> Given that this version is free for everyone, wouldn't it make sense >> to ship Python 2.5 compiled with this version ?! >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx >> >> I suppose this would make compiling extensions easier for people >> who don't have a standard VC++ .NET installed. > > It would sure be nice for people like me with "occasional dabbler in > Windows" status, so, selfishly, I'd be all in favor. However...: > > What I hear from the rumor mill (not perhaps a reliable source) is a > bit discouraging about the stability of VS2005 (e.g. internal > rebellion at MS in which groups which need to ship a lot of code > pushed back against any attempt to make them use VS2005, and managed > to win the internal fight and stick with VS2003), but I don't know if > any such worry applies to something as simple as the mere compilation > of C code...
Should I read this as: VC8 is unstable ? Perhaps that's the reason they decided to give it away for free for the first year. >> Note: This is just a thought - I haven't looked into the consequences >> of building with VC8 yet, e.g. from the list of pre-requisites, >> it's possible that .NET 2.0 would become a requirement. > > You mean, to RUN vc8-compiled Python?! That would be perhaps the > first C compiler ever unable to produce "native", stand-alone code, > wouldn't it? Well, the code that VC7 generates relies on MSVCR71.DLL which appears to be part of .NET 1.1. It's hard to tell since I don't have a system around without .NET on it. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Feb 27 2006) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
