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

[Mr Roboto]

Jarek Zgoda wrote:
> nikie napisa³(a):
>
> > 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).
>
> This doesn't make building Python exension libraries any easier.
>
> In some cases, you can still build Python extension with MinGW. I didn't
> try this with anything more complicated than linking to libxml2, but
> still, it's some workaround. Not sure about the performace of such
> build, though.
>
> --
> Jarek Zgoda
> http://jpa.berlios.de/

I haven't personally tried a Python compile w/ this, but I'll
share it in hopes that it'll help:  one can download a free copy
of Visual C++ 2K5 *Express* from microsoft itself.  If you're
interested, try:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/default.aspx

It's legal, free (no registration, no BS.)  HTH....MR