https://forum.dlang.org/post/bnvq76$1u54$1@digitaldaemon.com

On Saturday, 1 November 2003 at 08:17:43 UTC, Matthew Wilson wrote:
> scppn is the program that does the main business of compilation. It holds the latest version
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> dmc is a driver program and rarely changes. In fact, the last I was aware, it was stuck at 8.29. Walter must have updated it recently.
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> This issue is a constant source of nags, but Walter seems adamant to not listen to all our demands, as is his right.
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> One thing I think would be useful would be if dmc.exe ran scppn.exe and displayed its version as well (or instead of) its own. That way it would truly represent the latest version of the compiler distribution
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> "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@connect.to> wrote in message news:bnvl2u$1mat$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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> news:bnurcf$j9p$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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> dmc .
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dmc is a driver application that is rarely updated. In reality, as of the last time I checked, it was stuck at 8.29. Walter must have recently modified it https://makeatea.com/green-tea-with-ginseng-is-it-really-good-for-you/