Python MSVC++ binaries considered evil

[Edward Diener]

J.Jacob wrote:

> [John Machin]
> 
>>False. You can make DLLs using the Borland or MinGW compiler.
>>...
>>[snipped: more erroneous conclusions based on false premises]
>>...
>>BTW, there *is* documentation (in the Python manuals!) for extending
>>Python with the non-MS compilers on Windows ...
>>
> 
> If you try to build DLLs with Borland or MingW for any serious work
> you will find this route does not lead to a good / stable / complete
> product.


Utterly and completely false as regards Borland's C++ Builder and DLLs. 
If you have specific examples of this, you should inform the original 
poster of the whys and wherfores of such situations, otherwise saying 
such a thing is just FUD.