Paul Rudin wrote: > "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> writes: > >> The major difference in the "do it yourself" attitude is that Mac user >> get a compiler for free, as part of the operating system release, >> whereas for Windows, they have to pay for it (leaving alone VS Express >> for the moment). > > JOOI why ignore the express versions of the MS compilers? All (I think) > MS compilers are available for free in command line versions - it's the > GUI tools you pay for.
Primarily out of a historical perspective: I think "we" started providing Windows binaries primarily because some people bought the appropriate license (of Visual Studio, and Wise Installer). IMO, that's a stronger reason than mere convenience. As for available tools: I'm not sure how you would build an AMD64 release just with those tools. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
