On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Sturla Molden <sturla.mol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > > But you can compile OpenBLAS with one compiler and then link it to > > Python using another compiler, right? There is a single C ABI. > > BLAS and LAPACK are actually Fortran, which does not have a single C ABI. > The ABI depends on the Fortran compiler. g77 and gfortran will produce > different C ABIs. This is a consistent source of PITA in any scientific > programming that combines C and Fortran.
But is that CPython's fault? I don't think so. > Another thing is that libraries are different. MSVC wants a .lib file, but > MinGW produces .a files like GCC does on Linux. It sound like whatever MSVC produces should be the defacto standard under Windows. If Microsoft released a (GNU/)Linux compiler which produced incompatible library files, I don't think anyone would regard them very highly. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
