That works if you can actually compile the code yourself, I left out the "if you want to link to a pre-compiled library that was compiled with MSVC" case.

Basically, MSVC is the default, standard way to access C code on the platform, so we work with it by default. We also provide other options if you want to do it other ways, through things like the GNU target.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.