MinGW and Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

Brian Elmegaard wrote

> > the gcc project is to provide a portable compiler, not one that
> > generates the best code for any given platform. And in that goal, it
> > succeeds remarkably well.
>
> Will a python program be slower on the same machine running windows
> compared to linux?

a better optimizer usually results in programs that run faster, not slower.

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