_____/ On Thu 22 Dec 2005 18:03:55 GMT, [Angus Leeming] wrote : \_____
John E. Harbold wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone noticed that the current
version of TeX is 3.141592. I'm having
adversed reaction to this because I
can't access the aastex macros. Has TeX
been hacked yet?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. If you're asking is the above TeX
version number expected, then yes, it's expected. Knuth it would be funny
(and probably reasonable) to indicate improvements in TeX by arriving at
the exact answer asymptotically.
That's mathematicians for you.
I once noticed the same thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth#Trivia
Also listen to:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532247
Maths humour.
Roy
