[Python-Dev] Linking with mscvrt (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Feb 10 00:03:33 CET 2006

Neil Hodgson wrote:

I suppose the answer (hmm, am I allowed to anser my own rhtorical questions?) is that it was originally developed on other operating systems and the Windows port has never been as much of a focus for most contributors.

That's certainly the case. It is all Mark Hammond's doing still; not much has happened since the original Windows port.

The other reason, of course, is that adding specific support for Windows will break support of other platforms. Microsoft had no problems breaking support of VB on Linux :-)

Regards, Martin

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