Help me choose a C++ compiler to work with Python

[Peter Hansen]

rhmd wrote:
> 
> I use Windows XP and 98.  Have very little experience with C++.  Am
> doing statistical and other simulations that require billions of
> calculations 

Have you considered and investigated Numeric Python or similar
products?  Perhaps your assumption that you have to revert to
hand-crafted C code is premature.

-Peter