Re: [Distutils] Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7

On 27 September 2014 03:59, Steve Dower <Steve.Dower@microsoft.com> wrote:

I'll post this on the various other lists later, but I promised distutils-sig first taste, especially since the discussion has been raging for a few days (if you're following the setuptools repo, you may already know, but let me take the podium for a few minutes anyway :) )

Microsoft has released a compiler package for Python 2.7 to make it easier for people to build and distribute their C extension modules on Windows. The Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 (a.k.a. VC9) is available from: http://aka.ms/vcpython27

Wonderful news Steve, thanks! Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia