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

Martin v. L�wis martin@v.loewis.de
10 May 2003 09:53:26 +0200

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"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

There must be some or else why would someone want to buy VC7 (apart from trying to be hype-compliant) ?

There are many reasons to buy VC7. I assume the typical reasons are

• if you never had a Microsoft compiler, and buy one now, it will be 7.x (you may not even get VC6 anymore)
• the C++ compiler has much improved
• debugging was improved
• it includes a more recent Windows SDK, exposing functions available on W2k+
• it supports C# and .NET development

Of those reasons, few are relevant for Python, except that some people are now using VC7 exclusively for other reasons, and want a VC7-built python to better integrate their extensions.

Regards, Martin

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