Windows Python Version and VC++ Redistributable Version

Question

Can someone help fill out this table, or link to a reference, that identifies which version of VC++ Redistributable each Python version is built against on Windows.

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1. Windows Python Version
2. DLL Name
3. VC++ Redistributable
4. Link to installer

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1. 2.4
2. msvcr71.dll
3. Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 (7.1), included with .net 1.1
4. link

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1. 2.5
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?

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1. 2.6
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?

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1. 2.7
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?

Answer 1

1. Windows Python Version
2. DLL Name
3. VC++ Redistributable
4. Link to installer

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1. 2.4, 2.5 [32 bit]
2. msvcr71.dll, msvcp72.dll
3. Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 (7.1), included with .net 1.1
4. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569264

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1. 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 [32 bit]
2. msvcr90.dll, msvcp90.dll
3. Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
4. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=29

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1. 2.5 [64 bit]
2. msvcrt.dll, msvcp60.dll
3. Included with Windows
4. n/a

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1. 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 [64 bit]
2. msvcr90.dll, msvcp90.dll
3. Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64)
4. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15336

Answer 2

Python 2.5 links against msvcr71 just like 2.4. Versions 2.6 and 2.7 link against msvcr90 which is the VS2008 runtime. In fact versions 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 also link against msvcr90.

The msvcr90 redistributable is here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=29

Answer 3

If you're building packages (not sure about building Python itself), this new compiler may do the trick:

Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=44266