cant install bcompiler extension

Hi Guys, I have googled this until I am blue in the face - no matter what I try I can't seem to get bcompiler to install. I am running xampp 1.8.1 on windows # pecl install bcompiler downloading bcompiler-1.0.2.tgz ... Starting to download bcompiler-1.0.2.tgz (57,347 bytes) ...............done: 57,347 bytes 11 source files, building ERROR: The DSP bcompiler.dsp does not exist. I have also tried downloading the extension source and building it although this is a little out of my depth - I then receive the error that the output from msdev is not understood. I have also tried going back a few versions of xampp and not having any luck, but I really want this running on php 5.4 Any help appreciated. Thanks, Dean