Free visual editor for a language that would compile to native windows exe

Question

I'm looking for a free visual editor for a language that would compile to native windows exe, no runtime.

I'm looking for alternatives to the Delphi suite (so don't give it as an answer), something that would allow me to write Windows GUI applications with ease.

I don't care about the language, as long as it gets the job done, but I would appreciate if your suggestions avoid functional languages. Even better if it abstracts the windowing system with something more simple than the winAPI.

Answer 1

A suggestion: AutoIT scripting...quite small and handy scripting language. Some people have actually developed a full blown application with it.

Answer 2

Bloodshed Dev++ has to be one of my favorites for a free editor.

Answer 3

Why don't you download the free visual studio express edition? With it you can develop in c#, visual basic as well as in 'plain' c++

EDIT:

I know c# and visual basic.net use runtimes. But the runtimes are free anyway so it might not be a problem. When developing in .Net it really is rapid development.

When programming in C you can avoid runtimes, although it is tricky to create something which even doesn't require the msvc runtime dll's

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Answer 4

Lazarus is an open source implementation/remake of native Delphi.