[Python-Dev] MS VC 7 offer

[Guido van Rossum]

> Visual Studio 2003 came out a few weeks ago.  I honestly don't know if 
> its considered VC8 or just VC7.1 with the same backend compilers.  But if 
> you're going to upgrad, you might as well go all the way.

Good question.

> Also, I'm assuming 2.3 will still be compiled on 6.0, right?

Hm, I was thinking that 2.3 final could be built using 7.x if Nick can
get us the donated copies fast enough.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)