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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Python recompile
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:10:57 -0700
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On 3/11/2025 4:02 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> [...]
>>> OK, tell me where to get ready-made DLLs for GMP and LIBFFI that I can
>>> can use on Windows.
>>
>> Why do you think anybody owes you anything?   The developers of those
>> libraries, mostly working for free, make the source available for
>> for free.  They are required to make -your- life easy.
>>
>> Here's a thought - why don't you write your own multiprecision
>> library and release it as open source?
> [...]
> 
> Or he could take a copy of GMP and modify it so it builds more easily on
> Windows and release that.
> 

vcpkg builds GMP wrt MSVC. I think it uses other tools as well, Mingw, 
cygwin, ect. But, well, luckily it worked for me.

https://vcpkg.io/en/

GMP is a supported package at version: 6.3.0