Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?

Wed Mar 21 15:03:01 EDT 2012

Hi,
Ralph Heinkel <ralph.heinkel at web.de> writes:
> Hi,
>> when processing our mass spectrometry data we are running against the
> 2GB memory limit on our 32 bit machines. So we are planning to move to
> 64bit. Downloading and installing the 64bit version of Python for
> Windows is trivial, but how do we compile our own C extension? 

What about installing Cygwin and using the shipped GCC?
Regards,
 Thomas Bach.