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by UpFromTheGut 5984 days ago
Microsoft would be foolish to not give away free developer tools. You don't need to purchase anything to use .NET; you can download an ide that comes with a C#, VB.NET, C++/CLI compilers off the bat:

http://www.microsoft.com/exPress/

And besides that, you can get compilers for F#, J#, IronPython, IronRuby, etc.