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I like Donald Knuth's approach where his version numbers of TeX and Metafont asymptotically approach pi and e, respectively, emphasizing the slow approach towar
by queuebert 2y ago
I like Donald Knuth's approach where his version numbers of TeX and Metafont asymptotically approach pi and e, respectively, emphasizing the slow approach toward perfection.
- hobs 2y agoAnd communicating nothing to the end user except a sense of whimsy? Nah, that's useless.
- wtetzner 2y agoWhat do the version numbers of programs communicate to end users anyway? Basically just that it's newer than the last version. Libraries are a bit different though, because of semver compatibility, but unfortunately they are wrong often enough that you can't really rely on them anyway.