heyas,
just a quicky, i have previously been programming c in borland's c++ turbo compiler or something..

i recently formatted, however, and was wondering if i can just use microsoft's visual c++ to compile basic c programs. (due to the fact that i have the visual studio installers) if so, is it inefficient using a windows based compiler which may be used to generate api and actual windows based applications to create simple c programs which are normally executable through dos?

any suggestions are much appreciated, thanks for your time..
twans