"Microsoft has made the command line toolkit for Visual C++ available for a
free download. You can use the toolkit to build applications and redistribute
them if you want (though you should read the EULA for the details, as always).
This is a nice boon for those that have to deal with cross-platform
compatibility, especially since Microsoft has tried to make Visual C++ more
conformant to the ISO C++ standard."

Link is: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

Jonathan

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