c++ terminal and compiler for windows

Can anyone suggest a good free compiler and terminal to use for Windows.. thats closly related to UNIX??
I'd look into either MSYS or Cygwin
gnu gcc and there isn't really a terminal but cygwin acts as a nice emulator
i have installed cygin as well as arachnophilia .. but i cant get them to communicate with each other .. any suggestions
api
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