Python MSVC++ binaries considered evil

[Edward Diener]

Cliff Wells wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 03:49:08 +0300
> Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 04:28:54PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote:
>>
>>>AFAIK, it is also possible to use the free* Borland C++ compiler
>>>
> (FreeBCC).
> 
>>[skip]
>>
>>>*If Oleg is reading this, when I say "free", I mean "free", not "free"!
>>>
>>   Well, even *free* (not *free*) Borlan compiler is better that M$ :)))
>>(While I lived in the DOS world, I used Boralnd Pascal and C, and always
>>resisted to switch to M$C.)
>>
> 
> Yeah, I learned to program on Turbo Pascal (CP/M!).  I've always prefered
> Borland to MS, and I suspect that they'll be far more interested in porting
> their tools (ala Kylix) to other platforms than MS will.


They have already announced that they are working on a version of C++ 
Builder for Linux, and the word is that it will be out sometime this year.