I've been asking some C-related questions on this forum. Though I do appreciate the replies and responses from you all, I hate being dependent upon others for what I consider basic knowledge.

If I download either mingw or Visual C++ Express (still free I think).

1) Would I be able to load and execute a .C file that uses only stdxxx headers?
2) Would I be able to compile the file to a standard dll?

If either of the above answers are "yes", then I'm off to do some downloading tonite.