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Something like 70% of R users are on windows.

• dman 13y ago
  Its 2013 - Microsoft needs to bite the bullet and start shipping a C/C++ compiler as part of windows :)
  • scott_s 13y ago
    It doesn't come with, but Visual Studio Express has been free for a while: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2012-express http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2012-e...
    • dman 13y ago
      I write a couple of python c extensions - it would be nice if you could assume your users would be able to compile the extensions out of the box without expecting them to go install another piece of software.
  • ojii 13y ago
    Same goes for OS X, having to install a multi GB IDE to get gcc is ridiculous.
    • primelens 13y ago
      I do have XCode, but I am wondering if I could have just installed gcc with macports since they seem to have it.