Hello dfarce. Maybe I'm late but you should check this adress: http://nuwen.net/mingw.html This man have ported the linux gcc and g++ compiler (both C and C++) to windows. It features gcc version 4.12 Download mingw-2.5.zip (24.7 MB) package, unpack anywhere on your computer and add the /bin path you unpacked de compiler in the Path variable of Windows Environment vars, for example like this: C:\MinGW\bin If everithing works OK, you could open a dos window and call gcc in order to compile your files. It also support Makefiles, if you are familiar with linux. You can also search for Watcom compiler for windows (is free) or download cygwin and install gcc package. If you need more help, please ask me. Good Luck.