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From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 26 Aug 2009 02:38:30
Message: <4a94d866$1@news.povray.org>

>> I'm a huge fan of the TeX numbering system.  It's currently at version
>> 3.1415926.  According to the Wikipedia page,
>>
>> "TeX developer Donald Knuth has stated that the 'absolutely final 
>> change (to be
>> made after my death)' will be to change the version number to pi, at 
>> which
>> point all remaining bugs will become permanent features."
> 
> awesome!  The man is a legend! ^_^

FWIW, MetaFont is converging to Epsilon, the base of natural logarithms.

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