I think the tool is called DEPENDS. Yeah, me too, but the company is just being really cheap in their support of the API. Since the plummet of the commission rates, and fee rates, I see at lot of that now.
C is a compiled language requiring a compiler and C++ is a superset of C (C plus object oriented programming). As regards the compilers, the web is aplenty with them (free and commercial). Links for "Comparisons of the C/C++ compilers" are as follows: CS Dept C++ Compiler Comparison Willus.com's 2002 Win32 Compiler Benchmarks Digital Mars - c++.beta - Compiler Comparison Chart Christof.Meerwald@freec++.prog wxMSW Compiler Choice Testing the Intel C++ Compiler Comparing Linux Compilers Brian Malloy's Projects: Dr. Dobbs Article Problems using VC++ 6 Compiler Known problems in using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, version 6.0 A new compiler coming soon: Freeware Microchip PIC C Compiler Hope the above helps.