[Microsoft] has offered [C] compilers on its principal operating systems for years; 
sometimes, as for much of the last decade, they hold a majority position in that particular market.  
While this compiler is generally regarded as a for-fee proprietary product 
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/],
recently mostly known as "Visual C++",
during much of the twenty-first century Microsoft
has offered no-charge versions of the core compiler.
This page aims to collect information that makes it as easy 
as possible for [Tcl]-oriented developers to
work with Microsoft's C compiler.

Best is to start with "[Building Tcl with the free VC++ toolkit]".

[[... much more ...]

[[See this
[http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/] page written from a [Python] perspective.]]


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'''[gkubu] - 2015-09-14 18:04:48'''

Download free Visual Studio Community edition https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs. You will need a customized install to activate C++ tools

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