27 May 2012 - version numbers quiz

Question 1.0.0rc1: Why do computer programs have such long version numbers nowadays?

A. Would you prefer flat numbers like 123611?
B. Programmers favor subversion, those gits.
C. That’s not long. They only count published versions, and if they counted all versions the number would take a page.
D. Oh, probably some useless geek desire to overdistinguish, like giving serial numbers to grapes.