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Windows
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For a quick guide to building you can read `this documentation`_ from Victor
Stinner.

**Python 3.6** and later can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. You can download
and use any of the free or paid versions of `Visual Studio 2017`_.

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readme`_ for more details. If you have VS 2008 but not 2010 you can use the
build files in the `PC/VS9.0 directory`_, see the `VS9 readme`_ for details.

.. _this documentation: https://cpython-core-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_cpython_windows.html
.. _Visual Studio 2017: https://www.visualstudio.com/
.. _readme: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/PCbuild/readme.txt
.. _PCbuild directory: https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/2.7/PCbuild/
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