[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X) (original) (raw)

Eric Smith eric at trueblade.com
Wed Apr 14 20:06:44 CEST 2010

In my case it was not a waste of time. I use MSDN for dev and testing. Just not for release building.

"Steve Holden" <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

Paul Moore wrote:

On 14 April 2010 07:37, Paul Rudin <paul at rudin.co.uk> wrote:

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

The major difference in the "do it yourself" attitude is that Mac user get a compiler for free, as part of the operating system release, whereas for Windows, they have to pay for it (leaving alone VS Express for the moment). JOOI why ignore the express versions of the MS compilers? All (I think) MS compilers are available for free in command line versions - it's the GUI tools you pay for. I believe that the express editions don't include some of the advanced optimisations (profile guided optimisation rings a bell) which are used to build the official binaries. So if the binaries were built using Express Edition, they would be somewhat slower. That is just my recollection, however - it may be out of date or wrong. Paul. I spent some considerable effort last year ensuring the developer community was well-supplied with MS developer licenses that give access to any necessary tools. Was I wasting my time? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 See PyCon Talks from Atlanta 2010 http://pycon.blip.tv/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/

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