From: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
To: henman@it.to-be.co.jp
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: constant `e'
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:23:35 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070213.092335.189727665.wl@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070213113434.2536@henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp>
> >> 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
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2007-02-13 2:34 constant `e' djh
2007-02-13 8:23 ` Werner LEMBERG [this message]
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2007-02-09 7:37 Drew Adams
2007-02-09 9:32 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2007-02-09 15:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2007-02-10 19:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-10 19:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2007-02-10 20:32 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-02-12 5:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
2007-02-12 16:06 ` Drew Adams
2007-02-10 6:27 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 8:59 ` David Kastrup
2007-02-10 11:35 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 12:01 ` David Kastrup
2007-02-10 12:42 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 12:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-02-10 14:33 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 18:05 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-02-10 18:29 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-12 19:03 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-02-12 19:57 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 17:38 ` David Kastrup
2007-02-10 18:15 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-12 18:51 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-02-10 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-10 20:48 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-11 9:42 ` David Kastrup
2007-02-11 17:53 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-10 21:34 ` Edward O'Connor
2007-02-12 19:17 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-02-12 20:37 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-12 20:40 ` David Kastrup
2007-02-10 17:41 ` Richard Stallman
2007-02-10 9:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-02-10 9:51 ` Jason Rumney
2007-02-12 18:16 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-02-10 15:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-02-10 19:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-11 0:43 ` David Hansen
2007-02-11 1:13 ` Jay Belanger
2007-02-11 1:24 ` Drew Adams
2007-02-10 18:53 ` Chong Yidong
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