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I'm looking for a good, free C compiler for Windows. Where can I find it?
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Unfortunately, there is no in-built compiler.
The compiler that we recommend is the GNU Compiler collection or GCC. This is a widely used cross-platform compiler toolsuite that has libraries and compilers for C, C++, Fortran, Java, and more.
Go to http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads and click Binary Release. Choose the installer with GCC Compiler, e.g., codeblocks-17.12mingw-setup.exe which includes MinGW's GNU GCC compiler download and GNU GDB debugger with Code::Blocks source files.
No, there is no compiler provided by the C standard and thus no way to install it. You have to use a third-party compiler. The most common for Linux and macOS are called GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) and Clang.
Tiny C Compiler
http://bellard.org/tcc/
Its about 200kb. Compiles 9x faster than GCC. No install, just unzip and go.
It doesn't optimize, but it should be fine for learning K&R
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There are plenty. Borland C++ Builder, GCC (on Windows, often used in Cygwin), DJGPP, Visual C++ Express, and LCC-Win32.
I've used GCC (through Linux and Cygwin). I used DJGPP years ago (it was/is a fork of GCC, don't know how close it has stayed) which worked very well. No experience with the rest, really.
Edit: and MingGW, which was already mentioned and may be your best bet if you don't want Cygwin.
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