Download Visual Studio Express 2008 now

[Robin Becker]

On 12/04/2010 21:36, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
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>
> If you are planning to build Python extension modules in the next five
> years, I recommend that you obtain a copy of VS Express, just in case
> Microsoft removes it from their servers. As mentioned, it's free of
> charge. When downloading it for later use, it's probably best to get the
> offline ISO image release, available from
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-All
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Is it sufficient to download just the setup program vcsetup.exe or do people 
need to obtain the offline iso which presumably has the full content in it.
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Robin Becker