Thomas Bach, 21.03.2012 20:03: > Ralph Heinkel writes: >> when processing our mass spectrometry data we are running against the >> 2GB memory limit on our 32 bit machines. So we are planning to move to >> 64bit. Downloading and installing the 64bit version of Python for >> Windows is trivial, but how do we compile our own C extension? > > What about installing Cygwin and using the shipped GCC?
I'm pretty sure it doesn't cross compile to native Windows. It certainly won't build against a native Windows Python installation, and given the overhead that cygwin induces into a lot of common OS operations (such as fork(), I/O operations or file system access), a native Windows Python installation has serious advantages in most cases. If the choice is GCC, then MinGW is the right tool. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
