one week is over. when will version 2008 come?

"joe" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message news:fi6vcg$2eu$1@digitalmars.com...
> one week is over. when will version 2008 come?

What *are* you talking about?

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "joe" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message news:fi6vcg$2eu$1@digitalmars.com...
>> one week is over. when will version 2008 come?
> 
> What *are* you talking about? 
> 
> 

Maybe he is talking about the thread "what is the state of the const?" from the 10th of November:

Walter Bright Wrote:

> > Frank Benoit wrote:
>> > > There is this secret work going on at digitalmars.
>> > > May i ask, how will the const stuff look like?
>> > > i am so curious about it  :)
> >
> > We're still arguing about a couple details. But it's going to be a lot
> > simpler. I hope to have it done within a week.

"joe" <joe@joe.com> kirjoitti viestissä news:fi6vcg$2eu$1@digitalmars.com...
> one week is over. when will version 2008 come?

Let's wait for the final version 2, and all versions between 2 and 2008 first, such as 3, 4, 5... ;)

Reply to Tomas,

> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> 
>> "joe" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
>> news:fi6vcg$2eu$1@digitalmars.com...
>> 
>>> one week is over. when will version 2008 come?
>>> 
>> What *are* you talking about?
>> 
> Maybe he is talking about the thread "what is the state of the const?"
> from the 10th of November:
> 
> Walter Bright Wrote:
> 
>>> Frank Benoit wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> There is this secret work going on at digitalmars.
>>>>> May i ask, how will the const stuff look like?
>>>>> i am so curious about it  :)
>>> We're still arguing about a couple details. But it's going to be a
>>> lot simpler. I hope to have it done within a week.
>>> 

it was a time estimated about a programing task, so to correct it:

1 week

x2

+1

chage unit to next higher

= 3 months

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Tomas,
> 
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>>> "joe" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
>>> news:fi6vcg$2eu$1@digitalmars.com...
>>>
>>>> one week is over. when will version 2008 come?
>>>>
>>> What *are* you talking about?
>>>
>> Maybe he is talking about the thread "what is the state of the const?"
>> from the 10th of November: [...]
> 
> it was a time estimated about a programing task, so to correct it:
> 
> 1 week
> 
> x2
> 
> +1
> 
> chage unit to next higher
> 
> = 3 months

Always take into account Hofstadter's Law [1] which - of course - doesn't help. =)

regards, frank

[1] Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

Well, joe probably asked because the last version is 2.007 :)

To make the obvious joke:

Another 36 days, give or take depending on your time zone.

*da-dum ching*