<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:06 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@v.loewis.de" target="_blank">martin@v.loewis.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
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It is better documented here, and seems something to start thinking about:<br>
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<a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/<u></u>information-technology/2012/<u></u>05/no-cost-desktop-software-<u></u>development-is-dead-on-<u></u>windows-8/</a><br>
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This isn't actually better documentation, since it talks about the future,<br>
without being "official" (i.e. it's Peter Bright's opinion, not a Microsoft<br>
announcement).<br>
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I hereby predict that Microsoft will revert this decision, and that VS Express<br>
11 will be able to build CPython.</p></blockquote><div> </div><div>But will it be able to target Windows XP?</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/690617/bug-apps-created-with-crt-and-mfc-vnext-11-cannot-be-used-on-windows-xp-sp3">http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/690617/bug-apps-created-with-crt-and-mfc-vnext-11-cannot-be-used-on-windows-xp-sp3</a></div>
<div> </div><div>(Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, but I know nothing about either of these topics.)</div><div> </div><div>-Curt</div></div>