Extreme newbie here...

[Earnie Boyd]

--- Carl Thompson <cet@carlthompson.net> wrote:
> Dave Hanny wrote:
> 
> > ...
> 
> > I'm just looking for a free compiler, and I thought Cygwin was one.
> 
> Cygwin does include a compiler, but it is geared to be used with the Cygwin
> environment and DLL to port Unix programs to Windows.  If you are just
> looking for a compiler to learn to write Windows programs and don't need to
> port a Unix application, you would probably do better going with something
> else.  I would suggest going to http://winfiles.com and checking out their
> programmer section.  There are free IDEs you can find there suitable new
> programmers.
> 

And you might want to give http://www.mingw.org a look.

Cheers,

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