My only complaint about Python

[Josh Close]

Why not use ActiveState pythong then?

-Josh

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:42:50 -0400, Darren Dale <dd55 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> I love the language. I love the community. My only complaint is that
> Python for Windows is built with Visual Studio.
> 
> It is too difficult to build python, or a module, from source. This is
> what open source is all about, isnt it? I even have a copy of visual
> studio, and I still cant build modules from source, because my academic
> copy is version 7. As a scientist funded by the NSF, I feel compelled to
> do all my work using free software (I feel compelled to use free
> software, regardless). And I feel compelled to contribute to the
> scientific capabilities of my favorite programming language. But this
> compiler issue is a big (and seemingly unnecessary) impediment. Will the
> BDFL ever split with Visual Studio?
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