[TuNiX]

I want to download visual studio so i can compile a source file but when i search for visual studio i get , Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++ , and web developer 2008. is there such thing as visual studio 2008?

Visual Studio 2008 Express: Downloads

[bla!!]

VS2008 is still in beta. You can download it and beta test it, but there are likely to be bugs.

VS2005 is the current release.
Visual Studio 2005

[forrestcupp]

Keep in mind that with Visual C++ Express, you can't do MFC and things like that. You have to buy the full version to get all of the functionality. But Visual C# Express isn't much different than the full version.

But if all you want to do is compile and not program, you probably don't care.