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Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?

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  • Subject: [mg117159] Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
  • From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:16:36 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <il7q7m$drg$1@smc.vnet.net>

$ReleaseNumber contains this information,

In[2]:= $ReleaseNumber

Out[2]= 1


On Mar 9, 7:01 am, Jason Ledbetter <jasonbr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folk,
>
> I received an email from Wolfram today about Mathematica 8.0.1 release. A=
fter
> installing it, if I use Finder.app to browse to
> /Applications/Mathematica.app and use cmd-i to open the information panel=
,
> it shows the version as: "Mathematica 8.0.1 [2063982] copyright 1988-2011
> Wolfram Research, Inc.".
>
> However, if I open the application and run $Version in a notebook, it say=
s
> the version is 8.0.
>
> Is it normal for the point releases not to show up in the $Version string=
?
>
> In[2]:= $Version
> Out[2]= "8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 23, 2011)"
>
> -jbl



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