Module for generic platform information: platform.py

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Thomas Heller wrote:
> 
> >
> > So it does refer to SMP... I wonder what the 'Free' in there means ;-)
> >
> Quote from MSDN:
> 
> The DDK provides two versions of the Windows NT operating system, called the
> free build and the checked build. [...]
> 
> The free build of Windows NT is the retail version that end users buy. Free
> binaries are built with full optimization and contain a minimal set of
> debugging symbols, such as function entry points and global variables.
> 
> The checked build is shipped only with the DDK; it is used in debugging
> drivers and other system code. Checked binaries provide error checking,
> argument verification, and system debugging code not present in the free
> binaries.

That's interesting... so 'Free' refers to 'free of debugging
code'.

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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