From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Werner LEMBERG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: constant `e' Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:23:35 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20070213.092335.189727665.wl@gnu.org> References: <20070213113434.2536@henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171355078 29398 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2007 08:24:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:24:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: henman@it.to-be.co.jp Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 13 09:24:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HGsxf-0000Gr-4v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:24:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGsxe-0000Bm-3m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:24:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGsxA-0000Ah-1v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:23:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGsx8-00009Y-Qz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:23:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGsx8-00009G-D8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:23:54 -0500 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HGsx7-0006Dp-W3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:23:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.175.145.101] (helo=localhost) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu5) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML25U-1HGsx23uTX-0002bD; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:23:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20070213113434.2536@henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1.50 on Emacs 22.0.92.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2dc398bc694a1e60948148ba0a42c0da X-Provags-ID2: V01U2FsdGVkX19lU+zJOpa6xDpjKVczNw6EZFO5EgpHVtU8F7kTuE5l90jaEtD/hXXqxiwHpb9hA9oh43yOcVkJYhy3MZ/2fIt4ExQmaClUQ9byBUSYO+P9Kw== X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66331 Archived-At: > >> Despite being a maths graduate, I can't think of any other such > >> constants with anything like the universality of e and pi. > > > > 42 > > >Perhaps we should introduce the constant `math-42'. > > 42 is just the answer as I recall. > I'm not convinced that it needs to have a contant definition. Maybe it's possible that not all people know that this is a joke... There are high chances that some of the list members haven't read the `Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy'. Werner