Replacing the compiler in Visual C++ 6

Can I use Microsoft Development Stud开发者_如何学Goio (a.k.a. Visual C++ 6), but replacing its awful compiler with that of Visual C++ 2005 or, even better, GCC? If so, how?

If you download and install the latest windows SDKs, they should include the latest versions of cl.exe, link.exe, midl.exe, etc. You just need to point the executables path (tools->options->etc) at the new SDK dir and remove the build-in VS paths.