Please Recommend a C compiler for use with Python.
zenguyuno at yahoo.com
zenguyuno at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 27 12:57:20 EST 2003
"Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>
> Skip Montanaro wrote:
> > z> I use a generic PC running Win 98. What's a good, Easy-to-use and
> > z> install, ANSI C compiler? I might mention that I mainly want to
> > z> extend Python by writing routines in C.
> >
> > You might try Cygwin.
>
> I'm not so sure that this is a good choice when it comes to extending
> Python. If the standard Python distribution is to be extended, you
> really should use MSVC 6 (if you can still get copies of that).
Cygwin requires knowing Unix, right? I don't know much Unix.
I do want to extend the standard Python distribution for Windows.
Thanks for the advice.
z
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