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4. Building C and C++ Extensions on Windows
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This chapter briefly explains how to create a Windows extension module
for Python using Microsoft Visual C++, and follows with more
detailed background information on how it works. The explanatory
material is useful for both the Windows programmer learning to build
Python extensions and the Unix programmer interested in producing
software which can be successfully built on both Unix and Windows.
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