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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Python recompile
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:09:11 +0200
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:47:24 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

> On 11/03/2025 17:09, David Brown wrote:
> > On 11/03/2025 17:23, bart wrote: =20
> >> On 11/03/2025 15:06, David Brown wrote: =20
> >>> On 11/03/2025 15:24, bart wrote: =20
> >>>>
> >>>> To build open source projects, I'm happy to use an existing C=20
> >>>> compiler. I'm NOT happy about bending over backwards to use
> >>>> CYGWIN, MSYS2 or WSL because the developers insist on forcing
> >>>> their Linux dependencies down my throat.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Developers can do what they like. But they shouldn't inflict
> >>>> their choices on other people, especially those using other OSes.
> >>>> =20
> >>>
> >>> I have not paid a lot of attention to this thread.=C2=A0 But I am
> >>> curious here - who do you think is /forcing/ you to compile their
> >>> code? =20
> >>
> >> OK, tell me where to get ready-made DLLs for GMP and LIBFFI that I
> >> can can use on Windows. If that's not possible then there is no
> >> choice (other than not to use them at all, which is what I do).
> >> =20
> >=20
> > So do you think that those projects are /forcing/ you to use their
> > code? Are the folks who wrote GMP responsible for /your/ insistence
> > on using /their/ code, without using additional tools or libraries?
> >  You want to use what probably amounts to hundreds of person-years
> > of specialised work, for free, and you are not willing to go to the
> > effort of downloading and installing a few other bits of /free/
> > software first, in order to be able to follow freely available
> > instructions found online?
> >=20
> > And you blame the GMP and LIBFFI for all this?=C2=A0 They are, after
> > all, holding a gun to your head and insisting that you use their
> > software while viscously and maliciously refusing to re-write their
> > code to remove traces of code that rely on the platforms they use
> > themselves.
> >=20
> > Or maybe it is now /my/ responsibility to find these dll's for you?
> >=20
> > Well, you are in luck :
> >=20
> > <https://packages.msys2.org/packages/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gmp>
> > <https://packages.msys2.org/packages/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libffi>
> >=20
> > The compressed tarballs include the dlls. =20
>=20
> I downloaded a couple of large files, including=20
> mingw64-x86_64-gmp-6.3.0-1-src.tar, but found no trace of any DLL
> files.
>=20
> (But I'm pleased that the GMP configure script hasn't grown beyond
> 30583 lines. When they manage 0 lines, let me know.)
>=20
> Meanwhile here is the library *I* had to use instead:
>=20
>    https://github.com/sal55/langs/tree/master/bignum
>=20
> There are 4 files:
>=20
>    bignum.c         Source codeI
>    bignum.h         Header provides the API
>    bignum.dll       Prebuilt binary
>    pid.c            Demo to show it works
>=20
> You can build bignum.c into the .dll yourself (sorry, I don't have a=20
> 40,000-line configure script or massive makefile for that, you'll
> have to figure it out yourself!), or compile it into your application.
>=20
> The demo (shows digits of pi) is built like this:
>=20
>    tcc pid.c bignum.dll
>=20
> This is what simplicity looks like.
>=20
> (GMP now includes 'minigmp', which is one-file version plus headers.=20
> Performance is roughly on a par with my library.
>=20
> However my library uses decimal representation, and includes
> arbitrary precision floating point.)
>=20
> Oh, and it's open source and is in public domain.
>=20
> <snip rest of your post>
>=20