Windows vs. Linux

[Duncan Booth]

metaperl wrote:
> The reason I'm going with vmware is because I'm afraid that I will need
> to compile a C portiion of a Python module and that will not be a
> pretty picture under Windows... true or false?
> 
Provided you have the correct compilers installed it is no harder compiling 
C extensions under Windows than under Linux. The problem is getting the 
correct toolchain installed. You could try the instructions in section A of 
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyrexOnWindows

You only need to follow section B of that document if you want to use 
Pyrex, but if you are planning on writing C extensions I strongly recommend 
using Pyrex. Also, these days, you can use ctypes for many cases where you 
used to have to compile a C extension.