Upgrade woes: Numeric, gnuplot, and Python 2.4

[Giovanni Bajo]

Jive wrote:

> 4) Buy a copy of the VC++ 7.1 and port Numeric myself. (I still don't
> know what to buy from Mr. Gates -- VC++ .net Standard?)


VC++ 7.1, the compiler/linker, is a free download. Google for "VC toolkit". You
won't get the fancy IDE and stuff, but you have everything you need to build
your extensions. I saw patches floating around to build Python itself with the
free version (a couple of small nits).
-- 
Giovanni Bajo