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Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?

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  • Subject: [mg117225] Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
  • From: George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:07:46 -0500 (EST)

Om my system (Mac OS X 10.6.6), Version 8.0.1, I get a nice output of "everything" you could want to know about the system.

george

On Mar 11, 2011, at 4:32 AM, DrMajorBob wrote:

> SystemInformation[] gives nothing but a "beep".
> 
> Bobby
> 
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:11:10 -0600, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:01:18 -0500 (EST), 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
>> 
>> Yes, this is the typical behavior (and has been since version 1).  You  
>> can get
>> the third digit of the version number by evaluating $ReleaseNumber, or  
>> all kinds
>> of information related to the build by evaluating SystemInformation[].
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> John Fultz
>> jfultz at wolfram.com
>> User Interface Group
>> Wolfram Research, Inc.
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> DrMajorBob at yahoo.com
> 



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