Native Windows Application Development Options

Question

Long winded title, short question:

If one wants to develop for Windows but not have to rely on any external dependency (no runtime, thus ruling out .net), what suppo

Answer 1

Ubercode using UberCode compiler

Answer 2

C (lots of compilers available)

Answer 3

Forth using BigForth compiler

Answer 4

Modula 2 using modula2 compiler

Answer 5

Haskell using GHC. Compiles via C or direct to native code requiring no special libraries.

Answer 6

eiffel using SmartEiffel*

(*note SmartEiffel interprets eiffel, and generates ANSI C code, which can be compiled with any standard C compiler. It also generates Java byte code.)