[SDL] Inexpensive development tools.

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> We're looking for inexpensive development tools for Windows.  We have  
> Linux and Mac OS X background, so we love and use Makefiles, gcc, and  
> Xcode which are good because they're free and we know how to use  
> them.  Plus we don't have a lot of cash to throw around.  We use C++  
> with SDL.  Can anyone suggest something for Windows?

Visual C++ Express plus the Platform SDK basically gives you a free 
download of what you would pay for in Visual Studio 2005 (well, all the 
parts you'd probably care about, at least).

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa700735.aspx

--ryan.