From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "djh" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: constant `e' Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Message-ID: <20070213113434.2536@henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171334095 14374 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2007 02:34:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:34:55 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 13 03:34:49 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 1HGnVI-0002kY-Cb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:34:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGnVH-0005Ee-Rc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:34:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGnV7-0005Cp-OL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:34:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGnV7-0005C5-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:34:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGnV6-0005Bu-SC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from ns-2.to-be.co.jp ([219.127.155.130]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HGnV6-0003SW-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:34:37 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 49288 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO imss-3.it.to-be.co.jp) (10.128.1.23) by ns-2.to-be.co.jp with SMTP; 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: (qmail 1470 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: from localhost (HELO imss-3.it.to-be.co.jp) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: (qmail 1467 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: (qmail 1459 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp) (10.137.5.146) by imss-3.it.to-be.co.jp with SMTP; 13 Feb 2007 11:34:34 +0900 Original-cc: X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.2; GNU Mailutils 1.1.90; GNU Emacs 22.0.50 X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:66325 Archived-At: From: Jay Belanger >David Hansen writes: >> 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 42 is just the answer as I recall. I'm not convinced that it needs to have a contant definition. Darel Henman