On: SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor miracle

[pjmlp]

What standard library would that be?

[jasomill → pjmlp]

Microsoft's Universal CRT, present by default in Windows 10, and installable on Windows 7 SP1 and later.

Linking to UCRT using an entirely FOSS toolchain is, alas, nontrivial, but supported by mingw compilers (gcc and clang; no idea about the various FOSS Fortran compilers):

https://mingwpy.github.io/ucrt.html

[kragen → pjmlp]

beats me, i haven't had a microsoft windows box since 02000

[pjmlp → kragen]

So you just like to rant, I see.

[kragen → pjmlp]

yet somehow i was still correct: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203731