[Python-ideas] Update the required C compiler for Windows to a supported version.
Vernon D. Cole
vernondcole at gmail.com
Wed Nov 27 15:03:52 CET 2013
Before anyone starts flaming me about "off topic" -- I already know that my
suggestion is going to be different from what is usually discussed on this
group. I may not write often, but I am a faithful reader (a.k.a. lurker).
Please bear with me. I am not aware of any other place where what I am
about to say is _on_ topic. ...
Yesterday, I set out to try installing a medium-size django application on
Windows. It did not go well. It is now 24 hours later -- and I have tried
many things. The problem was that "pip" needed to compile a module. There
was no C compiler on the machine. After 24 hours of web searching and
trying many things, I have come to the following conclusion: I cannot
compile a Python extension module with any Microsoft compiler I can obtain.
My new Windows 8.1 computer is running Visual Studio 2013 -- which would
be fine if I wanted to compile my own Python interpreter, I suppose. I
spent most of the day trying to find a working Visual Studio 2008 or C++
7.1 compiler. The only things I could find to download were patches for
Visual Studio 2010. I tried several variations to install it on my old
Windows 7 laptop -- all to no avail.
May I humbly suggest that Python 3.4 be released using Microsoft Visual
Studio Express 2013 for Windows
Desktop<http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads>,
a (free) compiler which will actually run on the current version of
Windows?
That's the Python Idea that I am requesting.
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