greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz bugbee larry wrote reason pythonexe built using gcc instead visual studio seems building everything gcc would get around problem match vs versions understand problem isnt compiler much stdio library used long single standard c library used everyone windows applications problem exist one form another whichever compiler used standard python build gcc using gnu libc everyone would required compile extensions library instead compiled gcc using one microsoft libraries situation would exist entire mess microsofts fault picking one version libc sticking greg ewing computer science dept university canterbury carpe post meridiem christchurch new zealand im morning person lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 161058 1300 pythondev python 26 30 applinkc