Python under Windows: free cl.exe?

[Terry Slater (@MSN)]

J.Jacob-

I doubt that Visual C++ 6.0 (or any Microsoft C compiler for that matter) is
free...
The closest I found to what you might be looking for is at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/prodinfo/previous/downgrade.asp
where current licensees can get previous versions of the MS compiler series.
BTW- there is much more to VC 6.0 than just cl.exe and nmake.exe.

Good luck in your quest


T.Slater


"J.Jacob" <joost_jacob at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:13285ea2.0108201346.241cae3 at posting.google.com...
> subject: Windows Compiler to build Python and related stuff
>
>
> Where can we download the (free commandline version) microsoft C++ 6.0
> compiler cl.exe and nmake.exe?  We need it if we want to do
> extending/embedding C(++) and many 3rd party Python packages want you to
use
> cl.exe and nmake.exe
>
> The cygwin effort of using a free GNU C++ compiler for building Python
looks
> great but there are just too much systems/packages/modules (Python itself
too)
> based on the microsoft compiler with makefiles for nmake and nothing for
the
> Gnu compilers.  Too bad i think !  I would much rather use the Gnu
compiler,
> but...i do not want to have to rewrite tons of makefiles and
installscripts
> all the time and i can not beat microsoft so i have to join.
>
> I read somewhere (forgot where) you can download a free version of the
> microsoft compiler (and you also need nmake.exe, not sure if that comes
with
> it) as "part of the microsoft C#/.NET SDK" if i remember well....i did
look
> around at www.microsoft.com but i could not find it, their website is very
> slow and unclear.  Anybody knows the location ?  There should be a link on
the
> Python download page too, near the source distibution maybe.  I did try to
use
> the microsoft support at their website but uhm....well see for yourself :)
>
>
> regards
>
> Joost Jacob
>