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Knuth to the rescue!

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tschwinge 2009-06-15 07:17:38 -04:00 committed by Joey Hess
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@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ Version 3.141!? Is it not a mistake? Maybe you meant 3.14.1 or 3.15?
>> 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]]