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Devil Lu Linvega

Since version 3, TeX has used an idiosyncratic version numbering system, where updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit, so that the version number asymptotically approaches π. The current version of TeX is 3.141592653; it was last updated in 2021.

Thanks @typeswitch for the discovery.

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Sebastian LaVine

@neauoire @typeswitch the way I see it, it only *really* got idiosyncratic after 3.1

eiZen

@neauoire
"Pugs", the first usable implementation of #Perl6 did it with 2π, citing TeX and metafont.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugs_(

@typeswitch

Stanislaus Grumman 🇵🇸 :berd:

@neauoire @typeswitch and it will reach pi when Donald Kunth dies, when every bug will instantly be considered a feature.

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