title: How to download and install Microsoft's Visual Studio C/C++ compiler without Visual Studio
body: <p>I'm trying to run c code on my windows. (I had been running it so far on repl.it). But it is proving harder than it is supposed to be.
  MinGW is not installing due to some reason. And I've spent a lot of time trying to run it some other way. From my research, I think the best way to go about it is to download Visual Studio, but I have a low-end PC and I don't think I <em>should</em> install Visual Studio. Can I, somehow, only install the C/C++ compiler that comes with it without installing Visual Studio itself.</p>
  
  <p>If it helps, I usually run my (python) code in atom, but also have Visual Studio Code installed on my machine.</p>
  
  <p>I apologize if my question is stupid, I am a self-taught programmer who learned to code from MIT's 6.00.1x and 6.00.2x and am currently trying to learn C from 'The C Programming Language' by Kernighan and Ritchie. I've never formally studied computer science.</p>