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Mon Apr 19 00:19:44 EDT 2004 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-April/044389.html

> > If not, I think you're making a big mistake basing the
> > standard distribution on this compiler.
> 
> Why is that?  If it doesn't play nice with the latest MSVC, MinGW doesn't
> have a future on Windows.

I got scared by an earlier message that said something like "there is
currently no free compiler that will generate extension modules for
Python 2.4".

Fortunately it seems that meant no free *Microsoft* compiler, and
doesn't include gcc.

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