How to build Python 2.7.5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express on Windows 8 64-bit
Prepare Environment
1. Download Python 2.7.5 source from python.org
2. Download and install an SVN command-line client (Try SlickSVN)
3. Download and install Perl64
4. Download and install Visual Studio Express 2012
Test Environment
1. Open a shell
2. Bring in the msvc compiler environment for x64 by doing:
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
Verify by typing 'cl.exe':Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 17.00.60610.1 for x64 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]