Visual C++.
Python executable was compiled with.
You could just try to compile QuantLib using gcc from Cygwin Bash.
Hope that helps.
> Hi, I am having difficult building the Quantlib-Python from the CVS
> download by
> doing "python setup.py build " on the command line.
> I have Visual C++ 7.1 and the python2.4 is in cygwin environment. Thanks
> a lot!
> Yi Zhao
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luigi Ballabio [mailto:
[hidden email]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:47 AM
> > To: Travis Brady
> > Cc:
[hidden email]
> > Subject: Re: [Quantlib-users] Python question
> >
> >
> >
> > On 04/14/05 19:22:15, Travis Brady wrote:
> > >
> > > I haven't yet started to use QuantLib, but am very curious
> > to take it
> > > for a spin. How does one use Quantlib from Python?
> > > I'm running Win2k and Python 2.4.1, can I just run the
> > Quantlib windows
> > > binary? Do I need to download something special?
> >
> > Travis,
> > there's no binary---the Windows installer actually
> > installs the
> > source tree, and you'll have to compile it. Afterwards, you
> > should download
> > the QuantLib-Python bindings and compile those as well.
> > You'll probably
> > need to use Visual C++ 7.1, because Python requires it since
> > version 2.4. Write back if you need compilation instructions,
> > but the process isn't
> > hard: for the library, open the VC7 project and compile it;
> > and for the
> > Python bindings, enter the QuantLib-Python directory from the
> > command line
> > and type "python setup.py build test install".
> >
> > Later,
> > Luigi
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> > Vin: It's like this fellow I knew in El Paso. One day, he
> > just took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus.
> > I asked him that same question, "Why?"
> > Calvera: And?
> > Vin: He said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
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