Downloading Latest D Language DMD compiler via Windows 10 batch script file.

[BoQsc]

On Wednesday, 18 December 2019 at 18:39:11 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 2019-12-17 17:55, BoQsc wrote:
>
>>> :: Get YEARS from from Windows 10 Date Environment Variable
>>> :: Windows 7 might require adjustments to gather the correct 
>>> years, as the format might be different
>>> SET "yearsRightNow=%date:~0,4%"
>
> Instead of using the current year, you can use this base URL: 
> http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/

Well, then the script won't download the latest version, it 
simply downloads latest version of 2.x version.

You'll never know when 3.x version comes along and will be 
released.
The script still need additional lines of code to figure out if 
it is 3.x, 4.x, 5.x release yet.

It is only personal preference. For me, checking for date is more 
readable, than checking for major version changes.

Although in a perfect world there should be no checks at all, 
simply a direct link to latest version. Then we would be left 
with only a single line of code of bitsadmin, and that would be 
great.