VS7 is a really a vastly different beastie than VS6.
On 12/10/04 9:31 PM, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Jive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain to me why Python 2.4 on MS Windows has these backward > compatibility problems? What am I missing? Why won't extensions compiled > to run with 2.3 also work with 2.4? Why does it matter whether a component > was compiled with VC++ 6.0 or 7.1? I've been using MS stuff for 6 years. > Before I started using Python, I don't remember ever having a program tell > me I had to use an OLDER version of something to make the program work. > Newer, maybe, but older, never. I had to revert to Python 2.3 because I > have applications that will not run under Python 2.4. > > Although I have been a full-time software developer since the late 70's, I > don't know much about Microsoft stuff. (Amazing trick that, eh?) But I've > been reading some things on the MS web pages that say dot-NET and all that > should NOT break existing stuff. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vclib/html/_crt_c_run.2d.time_librarie > s.asp I > don't pretend to understand it all, but certainly one would not expect MS to > screw things up too badly on purpose. The value of MS Windows lies in the > applications that it can run. That's part of the genius of the Evil Genius. > He understood when others didn't that when Joe Blow in his basement develops > a program to run under MS Windows, Joe Blow is making money for the E.G., > and it doesn't cost the E.G. a penny. > > In my own small domain, I cannot even consider coming out with new releases > that are not drop-in replacements for what went before. Customers won't go > for it. It's an absolute deal-breaker. > > What puzzles me is that, apparently, the incompatibility of Python 2.4 and > extensions built for 2.3 did not come as a nasty surprise. I get the > impression that it was expected. Can someone explain that to me? > > I hope this doesn't sound like I'm complaining. I think Python is great. > And the price can't be beat! > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
