Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
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- Subject: [mg117153] Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:15:30 -0500 (EST)
Yes, I believe it is quite normal to show only the major, "8", and minor, "0", numbers and not also the sub-minor (?) number, "1" in this case. However, if you evaluate SystemInformation[] then the result will show, among a great many other things, the full release ID, including the "8.0.1.0" (FOUR digits!). Also, you can use $VersionNumber to see that "1" separately from the $VersionNumber (which reports an 8., presumably meaning 8.0). On 3/9/2011 7:01 AM, Jason Ledbetter wrote: > Folk, > > I received an email from Wolfram today about Mathematica 8.0.1 release. After > 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 says > 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 > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305