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

[nikie]

meyer at mesw.de wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> which compiler will Python 2.5 on Windows (Intel) be built with? I
> notice that Python 2.4 apparently has been built with the VS2003
> toolkit compiler, and I read a post from Scott David Daniels [1] where
> he said that probably the VS2003 toolkit will be used for Python 2.5
> again. However, even before the release of Python 2.5, I cannot seem to
> find many retailers around here that still carry Visual Studio 2003,
> and some were a bit surprised about my request since Visual Studio 2005
> has been available for some months now. ...

If you want to *buy* VS 2003, you could still purchase a 1-year MSDN
Pro Subscription. The price difference isn't *that* big compared to a
single-user license of VS, and it automatically includes past VS
versions (everything from VC++ 6.0 and upwards, IIRC).