>>>>> "Barton" == Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> writes:
>> I'd prefer 5.10, but if you want 5.11, go ahead.
Barton> I don't like the standard that makes version 5.11
Barton> later than 5.9 It would be nice sometimes to be
Barton> able to write stuff like:
Barton> if maxima_version > 5.9 then ...
Barton> If it were up to me, I'd use integers for version
Barton> numbers. One advantage is that they print nicer than
We can represent versions however we want internally, so it could be
509, 510, 511, etc. Or 5009 if you expect hundreds of minor versions.
Doesn't gcc do something like this for its C preprocessor?
Barton> floats (5.9 prints as 5.9000000000000004. Yeech).
You need a lisp with a better printer. :-)
Ray