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why is it like this? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because in the end a "version number" is just part of the name. You can call it anything you want.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Minecraft 1.7.๐ŸŒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Minebanan: now with more banan

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That still doesn't explain why you would choose the other two instead of just counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 like a sane person.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Two words: Steve Ballmer

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Your error here is assuming sanity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Decades long projects during which time the thought on when you should change the version number and what a version number even is has changed multiple times.