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@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ material is useful for both the Windows programmer learning to build
Python extensions and the \UNIX{} programmer interested in producing
software which can be successfully built on both \UNIX{} and Windows.
+Module authors are encouraged to use the distutils approach for
+building extension modules, instead of the one described in this
+section. You will still need the C compiler that was used to build
+Python; typically Microsoft Visual \Cpp.
\section{A Cookbook Approach \label{win-cookbook}}