[Python-Dev] mingw support?

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/7/2010 3:55 PM, linux at gabriel-striewe.de wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I was wondering whether there would ever be support for python to be
> build by the mingw compiler suite. I found a few patches in the
> internet but there were disagreeing comments on whether they are
> functional or not.
>
> So I would like to ask the list whether there are any technical
> reasons that this is so.

The sociological problem is that currently not enough advocates of using 
a free-as-in-thought compiler both can and will provide enough 
free-as-in-beer volunteer time to deal with the sociological and 
technical problems. That could change someday.

I suspect that the persons who first ported Python to MSDOS simply used 
what they were used to using, perhaps in their paid job. And I am sure 
that is still true of at least some of the people doing Windows support 
today.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy