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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:53:50 +1100
Subject: Re: PyCrypto builds neither with MSVC nor MinGW
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 2/5/2012 6:23 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:42:08 +1100, Alec Taylor<alec.taylor6@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A 4 year old compiler?
>>>
>>> I also have MSVC11 installed. Can the python project add support for
>>> that so that we aren't waiting 5 years between compiler support?
>
>
> 3.3 will almost certainly be built with VS2010.

I suppose there's no chance of moving to a free compiler? For my
Windows work, I've generally used the Open Watcom compiler; that's not
to say it's the best, but it does the job, and it's free software.

But no, I'm not offering. Way way too many jobs that I already have
queued, sorry!

ChrisA