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Hi Michael,

On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Michael Hensche wrote:

> you are right. It is not as with decimal digits (1,9 being more than 1,25)
> but it is a simply growing number behind the decimal point (1.25 being newer
> than 1.9).
>
> Hope you have a backup ;)
>
>
> Regards
> Michael Hensche, Wuppertal
>

WHAT? Are you telling me that 1.25 is newer then 1.9? How in the H E
double hockey sticks does that work out to be correct?

If this is the case then there are more people doing the version numbers
wrong then are doing it right.

"Any company or programmer that knows anything about software production
realizes that if double digits are to be used to right of the decimal
point (and should be), then they must remain consistent through-out.  So
any product that has version 1.25 must use either version 1.09 or 1.90 to
avoid confusion".

"If a company or programmer is stupid enough to have inconsistently used
both a single digit and a double digit to the right of the decimal point,
then in this example, v1.9 would be considered v1.90 and thus newer than
v1.25".


Michael (shotgun@slip.net)

Founding member of S.A.D. (Slipnet A Disappointment)

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