[Python-Dev] Visual studio 2005 express now free

[John J Lee]

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 4/24/06, Neil Hodgson <nyamatongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Martin v. Löwis:
>>
>>> Apparently, the status of this changed right now: it seems that
>>> the 2003 compiler is not available anymore; the page now says
>>> that it was replaced with the 2005 compiler.
>>>
>>> Should we reconsider?
[...]
> No. Martin means that http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
> no longer points to a downloadable version of MSVC which includes the
> optimizer, and generates VC 7.1 compatible binaries.
>
> This means that unless you've already downloaded it, or it's
> acceptable for someone else to host it, there's once again no way to
> build Python with free tools :-(
[...]

Actually, it's apparently still there, just at a different URL.  Somebody 
posted the new URL on c.l.py a day or two back (Alex Martelli started the 
thread, IIRC).  I'm off to the dentist, no time to Google for it!


John