#python building c extensions and getting rid of that "cannot find vcvarsall.bat" on window 7

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# http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started
# http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-inst/
# install MinGW in C:\MinGW
# Add C:\MinGW\bin to PATH

# Create distutils.cfg in C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg to be:
# [build]
# compiler=mingw32

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6034390/compiling-with-cython-and-mingw-produces-gcc-error-unrecognized-command-line-o
# delete all instances of -mno-cygwin in C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py

python setup.py build_ext --inplace