--- a/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Fri Sep 12 10:36:07 2025 +0100
+++ b/handouts/pep-ho.tex	Mon Nov 10 11:04:33 2025 +0000
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 \noindent\alert
 For PEP, make sure you are using the version 3(!) of Scala. This is
 the version I am going to use in the lectures and in the coursework. This
-can be any version of Scala 3.X where $X=\{4,5\}$. Also the minor
+can be any version of Scala 3.X where $X=\{4,5,6,7\}$. Also the minor
 number does not matter. Note that this will be the second year I am
 using this newer version of Scala -- some hiccups can still happen. Apologies
 in advance!\bigskip
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 tricks for Scala programs to run as a native
 GraalVM~\hr{https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/docs/cookbooks/native-images/}
 image.  Though be warned these backends are still rather beta or even
-alpha.
+alpha. But for the coursework we are going to use the ``vanilla'' Scala compiler.
 
 \subsection*{VS Code and Scala}
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
   action ``Run-Selected-Text-In-Active-Terminal'' in order to quickly
   evaluate small code snippets in the Scala REPL. I use Codium's internal
   terminal to run \texttt{scala} version 1.0.5 which
-  uses Scala 3.3.1.\label{vscode}}
+  uses Scala 3.7.3.\label{vscode}}
 \end{boxedminipage}
 \end{figure}
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
 
 \begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
 $ scala
-Welcome to Scala 3.5.1 (21.0.4, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
+Welcome to Scala 3.7.3 (21.0.8, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
 Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.  
 
 scala>