Choosing the correct compiler version

[Alexander Zhirov]

On Tuesday, 19 July 2022 at 23:19:28 UTC, jfondren wrote:
> Finding an old version that works on your machine will be very 
> easy, but for example the random 2016 build that I grabbed was 
> also too old to build dmd master, so you want to prefer a newer 
> build that still works. It's not necessary to build dmd master 
> though: in the worst case, you should be able check out interim 
> releases (look at 'git tag --list', then 'git checkout 
> v2.094.0' for example), build those, then used them to build a 
> newer release.

Yes, you were right! I managed to launch the 2020 version. Now 
I'm trying to build `ldc2`. I will report on the successes a 
little later. Thanks!