Which compiler will Python 2.5 / Windows (Intel) be built with?

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2006-06-15, Fredrik Lundh schreef <fredrik at pythonware.com>:
> meyer at mesw.de wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure how that backs the point you made. Infact, you're saying
>> that people accepted that Python 2.4 was compiled with VS2003 because
>> VC6 could not longer be bought. How is that different from the current
>> situation where the VS2003 toolkit cannot longer be downloaded and it
>> is at least becoming increasingly difficult to buy versions of VS2003?
>> You also seem to imply that there is a large group of people that want
>> you to stay with VS2003 for compiling Python 2.5.
>
> what part of "Python 2.4 is built with VC2003 and everyone who's ever 
> built Windows stuff for Python 2.4 already has it" do you have trouble 
> understanding ?

What about new people who would be interested in building Window stuff
for Python? If I understand the situation correctly, people who
want to take up, writing C-extentions on windows now, may not be able to
do so, because they can't find a compatible compilor for the moment.

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Antoon Pardon