(This is a response from an anonymous user which i inadvertently moderated away and then restored from the email notification about it...) ----- Here's an interesting *alternative*: [Zig as a C Compiler][1]. Extract below from that link: #### An alternative to installing MSVC on Windows You could spend days - literally! - waiting for Microsoft Visual Studio to install, or you could install Zig and VS Code in a matter of minutes. [1]: https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replacement-gcc-clang.html