Where to get C++ standard library for Windows?

[ejkuhn]

anyone know where i can download the c++ standard library for windows? I'd like to do some programming but, for some reason, i can't find the libraries anywhere... is there a reason for that?
thanks
-evan

[rock]

You used to be able to download the Win32 SDK, but for some reason I recall with Visual C++ version 6, they took down the free downloads. If you can't find it, that could be why.

For what it's worth, you can download the .NET SDK for free.

[Strogian]

Well actually, the platform SDK is still free. Maybe it's because you were searching for "win32 sdk" instead. :) Oh and get the server 2003 one even if you're not using server 2003. I dunno why they call it that, really just get the latest one is the rule. (It will tell you this on the website if you don't want to take my word for it :))
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en


But I'm not sure if the standard C libraries come with that. For what it's worth, the Microsoft C++ toolkit (the free compiler) does come with the standard libraries. So that might be killing two birds with one stone there, if you're also looking for a compiler.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=272BE09D-40BB-49FD-9CB0-4BFA122FA91B&displaylang=en