broli wrote:
and then learn C language ?
Perhaps. It depends on your requirements doesn't it? To you need a full
UNIX environment? If not then you might consider MinGW+Msys instead of
Cygwin. MinGW can produce standalone Windows executables that don't
depend on an emulation library, however you cannot write UNIX programs
with it and run them under Windows; for that you'll need Cygwin.
Another option is DJGPP, if you want to be able to run under DOS as well
as Windows. There are also other Windows specific compilers like
PellesC and lcc-win32 that you might find convenient. Microsoft of
course offers it's own compilers, both crippled "free" downloads as
well as the full Visual Studio suite. There are also a plethora of well
regarded commercial compilers for Windows like Comeau C++, Intel C++
etc.
What you want to use depends on your requirements, which you have not
specified.