>> Yes, but see how close it is to 1.0 (the supposedly final version)? >> >> If I remember correctly, the version number of the first public review >> draft (mid-1995) was bumped up to 0.98 to covey the image of being >> almost finished, while still leaving room for revisions. The second >> public version (November 1995) was then called 0.999 and officially >> published in TUGboat 16#4. I believe the reason for not yet calling >> it 1.0 was simpy to give readers another chance for comments before >> finalizing it. >> >> If I remember correctly, very few things have changed since in the >> transition from 0.999 to 0.9993, [etc] Well, as usual I seem to be occupying a parallel universe! My copy of the TDS, taken from Sebastian's TeX-Live-2 CD, is dated April 15, 1997 and bears version number "draft version 0.104". So where are these 0.999... versions?! ** Phil.