Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7

From	Bartc <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7
Date	2015-07-05 19:19 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mnbsdb$igc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	(9 earlier) <a7a9014e-5855-4f96-ad3e-639fc4bd77c5@googlegroups.com> <mnbf72$a1$1@dont-email.me> <8vlipapbgn1cvs3ufr3397trs79oamfkil@4ax.com> <mnbn64$u64$1@dont-email.me> <c6ripalvbu7fnlvolcmi2bkd1rb4bo1msb@4ax.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On 05/07/2015 18:49, Robert Wessel wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:50:32 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> "This package contains the compiler and set of system headers
> necessary for producing binary wheels for Python 2.7 packages."
>
> Why on earth would you think this is MS's C/C++ compiler for any sort
> of general use?

What does it matter? I got it to compile my 20Kloc test program, using 
the special command prompt it provides. That means it will probably 
compile any general C code.

> https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx
>
> Download "Express 2013 for Windows Desktop".

Which edition? But then along the top is a green button 1/10th the sizes 
of the others: "Free Visual Studio ->". Now the choice is more obvious.

However, for Visual Studio Community 2013, "Setup requires up to 11 GB 
across all files". That is too much. Even with optional features 
unchecked, it's still 9GB, and the next step looked like it was about to 
take over my entire machine for foreseeable future.

9000MB is too much just to download a C compiler to have a go at (six 
thousand floppy disks to put it into perspective; I think it's possible 
to *write* a compiler from scratch faster than it would be to install 
them all!).

MS seem to have forgotten what the "micro" in Microsoft used to mean.

-- 
Bartc

Back to comp.lang.c | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-07-05 01:45 -0700
  Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-07-05 06:35 -0700
    Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-05 06:47 -0700
      Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-05 15:34 +0100
        Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-05 11:20 -0500
          Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-05 17:50 +0100
            Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-05 10:29 -0700
            Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-05 12:49 -0500
              Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-05 19:19 +0100
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-05 14:22 -0500
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-05 12:49 -0700
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:05 +0100
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-05 15:38 -0500
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-05 22:38 +0100
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-07-05 17:18 -0700
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-05 18:23 -0700
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-06 02:43 +0100
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-06 10:27 +0100
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-06 20:13 +0000
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-07-07 15:18 -0500
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-07 13:31 -0700
                Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-07 21:16 +0000

csiph-web