Compiler for external modules for python

["Martin v. Löwis"]

pretoriano_2001 at hotmail.com wrote:
> Under this circumstances I tried to find the VC7 compiler from
> microsoft sites, however it deflect to the new version of VS2005, so I
> "lost the cord and the goat" .
> I do not know what to do. Does anybody has some guidelines about this
> matter?

You need to use VS 2003 to build Python extensions; VS 2005 does not
work. As Microsoft has stopped shipping VS 2003, you could try to get
a copy on ebay.

Alternatively, you can use GNU MingW to build Python extensions.

Regards,
Martin