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If your aim is to learn C and if the computer already has Windows on it, you might consider installing a C compiler.

That's actually what I did on my previous PC, (with cygwin and mingw), but cross-compiling was kind of a pain in the ass, so I'm really looking forward to the native linux tools for handling that :)

Not even Python works well on Windows.

I was constantly having to tweak and install things to make libraries compile without error. The second I went to OS X or Ubuntu, everything worked out of the box.

My take on learning C is that you just need a C compiler and your programs are simple enough that you do not need anything from the system besides reading and writing file handles.

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