Re: Performance issues on Windows, suggests a MSVC build

[Philip Nienhuis]

John:

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 24-Jun-2011, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>
> | For example, I know quite a few competent developers who use Python or R,
> | even FORTRAN (all and happily on Windows), rather than Octave.
>
> So what do the Python and R people do about building their software
> and all the associated dependencies on Windows systems?  Are there
> many people who are actually building these systems on Windows, or
> just one or two people who do all the work for everyone else?

  You mean the Python developers themselves?
  I wouldn't know how they do it. Browsing www.python.org I couldn't 
find much info on that. Looking at their buildbot page:
(http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/waterfall?category=3.x.stable&category=3.x.unstable)
I see lots of platforms mentioned.
  Apparently Python has a broader, more coherent and more powerful 
development community than Octave (lucky for them, sad for Octave).

  For R a formalized Windows build tool set based on MingW seems to be 
available and maintained:
http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/
  Maybe that can be amended for Octave. Building (most? of) the various 
Octave dependencies would still be needed.
  But indeed, a similar build development is what IMO is needed to 
facilitate building & developing Octave on Windows (Note: without me 
pointing at someone to make it).

Philip