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Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?

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  • Subject: [mg117117] Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
  • From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:08:59 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <il7q7m$drg$1@smc.vnet.net>

Am 09.03.2011 13:01, schrieb Jason Ledbetter:
> 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?

I think it is, you will notice that the build date will be different for
different releases. You can determine the exact release number with the
combination of:

$Version
$ReleaseNumber

which are also better suited for tests within your code, if that is what
you are after...

hth,

albert



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