[Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

[Kristján Valur Jónsson]

> -----Original Message-----
> though, not cygwin (a la bsmedberg's new MozillaBuild stuff).  I just
> wish there were an autoconf alternative that wasn't as painful as
> autoconf. I have a few attempts for my purposes that are written in
> Python (an obvious bootstrapping problem for building Python itself :).
>
Only for the theorist.  As you, we use build tools for our stackless branch
written in python.  There exist successfully built python versions back
from the nineties, which can be considered "external" tools for all practical purposes.

Building python with python is really nifty.

Kristjan