From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: constant `e' Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:13:19 -0600 Message-ID: <87bqk1a440.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: <20070210101700.GA885@muc.de> <87d54ha5i7.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171156420 21944 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2007 01:13:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:13:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 11 02:13:38 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 1HG3He-0001Lq-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:13:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HG3Hd-00055c-Gv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:13:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HG3HR-00055O-SA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:13:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HG3HP-00052K-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:13:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HG3HO-000528-U1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:13:22 -0500 Original-Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HG3HO-0002hn-GS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:13:22 -0500 Original-Received: from vh213602.truman.edu.truman.edu (unverified [69.92.109.183]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 94657490 for multiple; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:13:21 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87d54ha5i7.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> (David Hansen's message of "Sun\, 11 Feb 2007 01\:43\:12 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 15, in=8, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 69.92.109.183 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:66244 Archived-At: David Hansen writes: > On 10 Feb 2007 10:02:38 +0100 Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> 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'. Jay