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Version 3.141!? Is it not a mistake? Maybe you meant 3.14.1 or 3.15?
--[[Paweł|users/ptecza]]

> I suspect the next version will be 3.1415 ;) -- [[Jon]]

>> And next 3.14159, 3.141592, etc. :) I think that version schema
>> should be patented by Joey ;) --[[Paweł|users/ptecza]]

>>> That's not exactly new; quoting from <http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html>:
>>>
>>>> The latest and best TeX is currently version 3.1415926 (and plain.tex is version 3.141592653); METAFONT is currently version 2.718281 (and plain.mf is version 2.71). My last will and testament for TeX and METAFONT is that their version numbers ultimately become $\pi$ and $e$, respectively. At that point they will be completely error-free by definition.
>>>
>>> --[[tschwinge]]

>>>> Thanks for the info, Thomas! I didn't know about it. Sorry Joey,
>>>> but Don Knuth was faster. What a pity... ;) --[[Paweł|users/ptecza]]
* Version mistake? 2009-06-15 10:33:14 +02:00			`Version 3.141!? Is it not a mistake? Maybe you meant 3.14.1 or 3.15?`
			`--[[Paweł\|users/ptecza]]`
guess at versioning scheme 2009-06-15 11:25:22 +02:00
			`> I suspect the next version will be 3.1415 ;) -- [[Jon]]`
* Response 2009-06-15 12:58:19 +02:00
			`>> And next 3.14159, 3.141592, etc. :) I think that version schema`
			`>> should be patented by Joey ;) --[[Paweł\|users/ptecza]]`
Knuth to the rescue! 2009-06-15 13:17:38 +02:00
			`>>> That's not exactly new; quoting from <http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html>:`
			`>>>`
			`>>>> The latest and best TeX is currently version 3.1415926 (and plain.tex is version 3.141592653); METAFONT is currently version 2.718281 (and plain.mf is version 2.71). My last will and testament for TeX and METAFONT is that their version numbers ultimately become $\pi$ and $e$, respectively. At that point they will be completely error-free by definition.`
			`>>>`
			`>>> --[[tschwinge]]`
* Reply 2009-06-15 15:27:59 +02:00
			`>>>> Thanks for the info, Thomas! I didn't know about it. Sorry Joey,`
			`>>>> but Don Knuth was faster. What a pity... ;) --[[Paweł\|users/ptecza]]`