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Please Recommend a C compiler for use with Python.

Jon Perez jbperez808 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 28 23:48:31 EST 2003 
<zenguyuno at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3E35513E.6D5CE8B5 at lvcm.com...
> I'm a has-been programmer.  I used to be quite skilled at C, but I
> haven't used it for 7 years.  I don't even have a C compiler!  The only
> language I currently use is Python.  I want to extend Python by writing
> routines in C.
>
> I use a generic PC running Win 98.  What's a good, Easy-to-use and
> install, ANSI C compiler?  I might mention that I mainly want to extend
> Python by writing routines in C.

Borland's free command-line C/C++ compiler tools sounds like
what you're looking for.  It's definitely easy to install (under
10MB), unlike the big MSVC++.  Not sure if it's still around
though.  I saw info re using it to write Python C extensions
before.
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