[Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

[Matthieu Brucher]

I don't think this is exactly on the same axis. Being able Python to
build with a free compiler won't change this issue. Scientific Python
won't be only the free compiler version, Visual Studio would remain
the main citizen. It may fragment a little bit more the environment
with people needing to pay attention to which compiler/Python version
the Python extension/module is compatible with.
And jettisonning Visual Studio for building Python is not an option
because of the amount of applications relying on both (Visual Studio
and Python) in companies.

Cheers,

Matthieu

2014-10-10 15:36 GMT+01:00 Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com>:
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> On 10/10/2014 05:26 AM, Larry Hastings wrote:
>> IMO the benefit from supporting other compilers on Windows is
>> negligible
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> Did you miss the OP's point that OpenBLAS cannot be compiled with MSVC,
> raising the priority of mingw-buildable extensions for numerical work?
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>
> Tres.
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