-----Original Message----- From: Mike Miller Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 6:17 PM To: python-dev@python.org Subject: [Python-Dev] Python2 as 𝑣 → 𝑒

Unless I've read something wrong, it looks like the final Python 2 release (2.7.18) should approximate the math constant e:

>>> import math >>> math.e 2.718281828459045

Aka:

Python as 𝑣 → 𝑒 Python ≈ 𝑒

Would be fun to note that in the announcement/docs somehow.

Of note, metafont already has the distinction of being versioned after the digits of e, just like TeX is versioned after the digits of pi.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 03:17:07PM -0700, Mike Miller wrote:

Python as 𝑣 → 𝑒 Python ≈ 𝑒

For anyone else who had trouble seeing those glyphs, the ASCII equivalent is: Python as v --> e Python ~= e with the v and e in italics and the ~= meaning "approximately equal". -- Steven