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Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?

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  • Subject: [mg117192] Re: Mathematica 8.0.1 for Mac $Version string?
  • From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:32:34 -0500 (EST)

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.
>


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