RE: Oracle 13
- From: Iggy Fernandez <iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "patrice.boivin@xxxxxxxxx" <patrice.boivin@xxxxxxxxx>, ORACLE-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:00:43 -0800
Interesting trivia about the TeX typesetting system created by Professor Donald
Knuth: Since version 3, TeX has used an idiosyncratic version numbering system,
where updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end of the
decimal, so that the version number asymptotically approaches π. This is a
reflection of the fact that TeX is now very stable, and only minor updates are
anticipated. The current version of TeX is 3.14159265; it was last updated
2014-01-12. The design was frozen after version 3.0, and no new feature or
fundamental change will be added, so all newer versions will contain only bug
fixes. Even though Donald Knuth himself has suggested a few areas in which TeX
could have been improved, he indicated that he firmly believes that having an
unchanged system that will produce the same output now and in the future is
more important than introducing new features. For this reason, he has stated
that the "absolutely final change (to be made after my death)" will be to
change the version number to π, at which point all remaining bugs will become
features. (Source: Wikipedia)
From: patrice.boivin@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 13:06:44 -0400
Subject: Oracle 13
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am wondering whether Oracle will skip 13 the way some apartment buildings and
hotels refuse to have a 13th floor...
The marketing meetings must be pretty funny at this point.
Maybe they will call it Oracle 2015 ?
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