Can I set up a developers environment and make an exe in windows?

[Erik Max Francis]

Alex Martelli wrote:

> Yes, it's quite possible, and OH YES, it IS worthwhile.  I have
> very high C++ proficiency (top percentile according to Brainbench,
> or I wouldn't be an MVP of theirs) yet my Python productivity is
> *WAY* higher -- 2 to 10 times in most realms.

One can certainly be more productive in Python than in C++.  There's
another, slightly orthogonal factor, as well:  As a programmer by
profession, I write C++ code at work.  When I come home and want to do
recreational programming, I'm much more likely to be interested in
programming in some other, simpler language, than in C++.  Python fits
that bill very nicely.

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