From: tschwinge <tschwinge@web>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:17:38 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Knuth to the rescue!
X-Git-Tag: 3.1415~53
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/816a772037ffb904dac96120227f11124c1f8623

Knuth to the rescue!
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diff --git a/doc/news/version_3.141/discussion.mdwn b/doc/news/version_3.141/discussion.mdwn
index b6039312e..be3c03cd1 100644
--- a/doc/news/version_3.141/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/news/version_3.141/discussion.mdwn
@@ -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]]
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+>>> 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]]