> To install C packages, you need the exact same C compiler that was used to build Python. Is this true? I have never encountered this problem. My experience

> To install C packages, you need the exact same C compiler that was used to build Python. Is this true? I have never encountered this problem. My experience is that, since CPython is written in C, you only need to have any C compiler for your platform, because the C compilers will be ABI-compatible. I am not sure about Windows, because Windows has some funny issues with C runtime compatibility. But I have upgraded my Python installation and C compiler separately before without issue.