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Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?

From Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de>
Subject Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?
Date 2012-03-22 08:06 +0100
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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

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Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Ralph Heinkel <ralph.heinkel@web.de> - 2012-03-21 08:06 -0700
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-21 13:56 -0400
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-03-21 15:02 -0400
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-03-21 20:03 +0100
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? cjgohlke@gmail.com - 2012-03-21 17:06 -0700
    Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Ralph Heinkel <ralph.heinkel@web.de> - 2012-03-22 11:34 -0700
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-03-22 08:06 +0100

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