---
title: "The 'eu' in eucatastrophe – Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor miracle"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-eu-in-eucatastrophe-why-scipy-builds-for-python-3-12-on-windows-are-a-minor-miracle-8uzbzvmbf
source_url: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/building-scipy-with-flang
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2023-11-08T22:24:27.646Z
updated: 2026-04-10T02:13:17.470Z
tags: ["fortran", "python"]
reading_time: 20
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# The 'eu' in eucatastrophe – Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor miracle

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 20 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Fortran compilers are still used in many places due to their historical significance and the performance benefits they offer. The challenges in Python packaging led to the creation of conda-forge, a platform that aims to address the complexities and issues in package distribution. Building SciPy for Python 3.12 on Windows required the use of Fortran code and faced obstacles due to the lack of free Fortran compilers and compatibility issues with the build tools.

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