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Fri May 25 14:17:19 CEST 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-May/119671.html

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:06 AM, <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> It is better documented here, and seems something to start thinking about:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/**information-technology/2012/**
>> 05/no-cost-desktop-software-**development-is-dead-on-**windows-8/<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/>
>>
>
> This isn't actually better documentation, since it talks about the future,
> without being "official" (i.e. it's Peter Bright's opinion, not a Microsoft
> announcement).
>
> I hereby predict that Microsoft will revert this decision, and that VS
> Express
> 11 will be able to build CPython.
>

But will it be able to target Windows XP?

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/690617/bug-apps-created-with-crt-and-mfc-vnext-11-cannot-be-used-on-windows-xp-sp3

(Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, but I know nothing about either of these
topics.)

-Curt
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