Re: [Python-3000] Compiling Python 3.0 with VS 2008 Beta2

2007-11-18 Thread Joe Smith
"Christian Heimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Joe Smith wrote: >> While ml.exe is intentionally omitted for the express version of Visual >> C++, >> the standard versions of Visual Studio are supposed to include ml.exe. >> The VS 2008 beta 2 version omitted it

Re: [Python-3000] building _ssl on Windows

2007-11-18 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On 11/15/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now, is it really necessary to install perl in order to compile python? > > Yes, if you want OpenSSL support. Yep. Sadly OpenSSL uses Perl to generate its asm files in one of two or three different x86 asm syntaxes. Why is this sad