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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2019-10-26 10:06, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
>
> On 26.10.19 19:00, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>
> >  None the less, there is currently no wxPhoenix/Python3 support for 
> > windows.
>
> TBH, I wouldn't like to be dependent on MSVC on Windows -- the compiler
> is great as an additional source of diagnostics, and some people might
> like the smaller runtime, but in the end we want to be 100% free 
> software.
>
>    Simon

I also don't like the idea of introducing MSVC-only code.  But at the 
moment, the pthreads implementation of C++ async code is 1-2 orders of 
magnitude slower under windows than Linux.  We have a number of open 
bugs that directly point back to this.  Using MSVC translates the async 
calls to native threads.

If we have an option to improve the user experience while keep our code 
open and standards-compliant, I hope we'll consider it.

-Seth

Seth Hillbrand
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