[Python-Dev] Re: MS VC 7 offer (original) (raw)

David Abrahams dave@boost-consulting.com
Tue, 06 May 2003 22:20:59 -0400

Brian Quinlan <brian@sweetapp.com> writes:

I can see the downside (next to no experience with 7.x, and perhaps none before the final release). What's the upside? It's free and more standards compliant.

That compliance means a lot to C++ programmers. It takes MSVC from being a real PITA to do any serious C++ in (Vc7.0 was worse than 6 in some ways) to being a first-class contender among quality C++ implementations.

I'm not sure whether that should have any effect on decisions made about Python development, though ;-)

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