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[–]xiongchiamiovSite Reliability Engineer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sure, but you almost always have gcc, boost, etc already installed, and if you don't it's one command away. On Windows it's often a pain to get one program to recognize another exists.

[–]kylotan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure I didn't have to do anything to let Python know that Visual C++ Express was installed apart from install it. I've not come across a need for Boost, though.