Re: compiling python for DOS

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Mon, 20 Jun 1994 16:33:39 +0200

> I would like to compile python for DOS using either Borland C3.1 or Watcom
> C (v. 9.5). I would appreciate any helpful comments. I had no problem
> installing python on a workstation (sun), but I got the impression that it
> wouldn't be so straightforward with DOS.

There are some DOS binaries already on ftp.cwi.nl in pub/python (and
probably also on the mirror sites). If you really want to build,
ftp dosbuild.tar.gz - it's a set of files that should building Python
on DOS possible if not painful. I didn't write or test them.

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