Re: source code for DOS

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Fri, 13 May 1994 01:11:48 +0200

> I've noticed that the only DOS python available is a binary.
> Where are the source files? Are they drastically different from the
> regular UNIX et. al. source files? Are they the same? Is there a BIG
> SCARY reason why they aren't available the same as everything else?

They are identical to the UNIX ones. You need different Makefiles
etc. and setting them up is a pain and I don't think I did it very
well and nobody else seems to be using my compiler so I'm scared to
show mine. But the sources are the same (actually a subset).

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