On 24 May 2012 19:36, <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> The free Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows 8 (still in beta) will >> produce both 32 and 64 bit binaries and allow multiple languages but will >> only produce Metro apps. For desktop apps, either the paid Visual Studio >> versions or the free 2010 Express releases are required. >> https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/express >> bottom of page. >> >> Will this inhibit someday moving to Visual Studio 11 Professional or would >> VS2010 Express or VC++2010 Express still work for hacking on Python or >> making extensions that would work with any VS11-produced binary? > > > I think it's too early to guess what the final release of Visual Studio > 11 Express will or will not include.
It is better documented here, and seems something to start thinking about: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/ > > 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/jsbueno%40python.org.br _______________________________________________ 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