Ilias Lazaridis wrote: [snip..] > >> b) Why does the Python Foundation not ensure, that the python > >> source-code is directly compilable with MinGW? > > > > Why should they? It already runs on Windows with a freely available
> > compiler. > > Obvious: Courtesy [against the userbase needs] > > Obvious: Consistency [same code-base across different compiler] > Are you aware that the MSVC compiler they use produces tighter code than gcc ? [1] *Most* users would rather have a faster python than a python built with an open source compiler. Particularly as distutils (read Python) can *easily* be configured to use mingw to build extensions from source - which seems to be your real requirement. Regards, Fuzzy http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shmtl [snip..] > -- > http://lazaridis.com [1] Not knocking gcc - it's just optimsied for portability rather than speed. If you want to see *a* benchmark, there is a link to one in my 'upgrading python' article. (In the article section at http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shmtl ) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
