def METHOD_NAME(fips_dir):
    # returns the path where the emcc, em++ etc scripts are located
    emsdk_config = parse_config(fips_dir)
    if 'EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT' in emsdk_config:
        # older SDKs
        return emsdk_config['EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT']
    else:
        # new SDKs
        return emsdk_config['BINARYEN_ROOT'] + '/emscripten'