On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:42:08 +1100, Alec Taylor wrote: > A 4 year old compiler?
Compilers aren't like milk. They don't go off after a few weeks. A good compiler/operating system combination should still be usable after 4 or 14 years. The compiler I'm using is six years old, and I expect that it will continue to get patches and upgrades without breaking backwards compatibility for the next six years. > I also have MSVC11 installed. Can the python project add support for > that so that we aren't waiting 5 years between compiler support? Are you volunteering to provide that support? I'm sure it would be appreciated. P.S. Please don't top-post. > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> > wrote: >> Am 05.02.2012 15:40, schrieb Alec Taylor: >>> PIL, PyCrypto and many other modules require a C compiler and linker. >>> >>> Unfortunately neither install on my computer, with a PATH with the >>> following: >>> >>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC >>> C:\libraries\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin >>> C:\libraries\MinGW >>> C:\Python27\Scripts >> >> MSVC 10 is not supported, you need VC 9 (2008). >> >> Christian -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
