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Noooooooo!

Noooooooo!

Posted May 23, 2011 20:20 UTC (Mon) by danielpf (guest, #4723)
In reply to: Noooooooo! by bmillemathias
Parent article: 2.8.0?

Donald Knuth likes converging to 3.14159...
Linus might choose 2.7.1828... the place is not yet taken.


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Noooooooo!

Posted May 23, 2011 20:29 UTC (Mon) by viro (subscriber, #7872) [Link] (1 responses)

Sorry, but e is already taken. One word: metafont.

Noooooooo!

Posted May 23, 2011 21:27 UTC (Mon) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Let's pick 1.61 ... oh damn, we're past that. Then, 2ε it should be.

Noooooooo!

Posted May 23, 2011 20:38 UTC (Mon) by creemj (subscriber, #56061) [Link]

mf --version
Metafont 2.718281 (TeX Live 2009)

That spot is already taken.

How about Omega --- the algorithmic halting probability? :-) :-) :-)


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