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 Version 3.141!? Is it not a mistake? Maybe you meant 3.14.1 or 3.15?
 --[[Paweł|users/ptecza]]
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+> I suspect the next version will be 3.1415 ;) -- [[Jon]]
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+>> 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]]
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+>>>> Thanks for the info, Thomas! I didn't know about it. Sorry Joey,
+>>>> but Don Knuth was faster. What a pity... ;) --[[Paweł|users/ptecza]]