[Python-Dev] VS 11 Express is Metro only.

[Larry Hastings]

On 05/31/2012 09:47 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>>     I hereby predict that Microsoft will revert this decision, and that
>>     VS Express 11 will be able to build CPython.
>>
>> But will it be able to target Windows XP?
>
> I have now tried, and it seems that the chances are really low (unless 
> you use the VS 2010 tool chain, in which case you can just as well use
> VS 2010 Express in the first place).

Microsoft is now claiming that it will be able to using something called 
"multi-targeting", "later this year.

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/06/15/10320645.aspx


//arry/
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