I've just gone out and purchaced "Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0" and found that it is not what i want. If anyone knows how to get it working so that i can just program into it plz tell me what ot do.

aultarnaltively does anyone know of any good (free!) c++ programs that are relatively small where all i need to to is just type codes in to a window, i dont want any of this object orientated stuff. Plz help!!!