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I knew somebody would say this

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Originally posted by Guido
Thanks for the effort, Willz!! This will be of help to lots of people.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Its Messenger Plus! 4.50, not 4.5 ...

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Hmm check the home page of http://www.msgpluslive.net

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Which has already been reported...

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Originally posted by Guido

(both are correct, because that part of the version number would act like a decimal. Putting the zero or not would be optional.)

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Nope,

The "." in a version number is a delimiter, not a decimal point


Anyways, there are two ways to interpret a version number. Either interpret it as a whole number (which is very inlogical IMO). Which means 4,5 is 4,50 is 4,500 etc...

This is inlogical since version numbers exist of more than that! This way of interpreting a version number gets already flawed if you have a number like x . xxx . xxx

Because what is the decimal point? The first "." or the second "."? It is very inlogical.

Also because the individual parts of a version number have different names (major number, minor number, build number, revision number).

Also because the individual parts of a version number can contain text.

Also because they are treated as individual numbers in almost all development software.

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The other method of interpreting version numbers is more logical. You read a version number as individual numbers, seperated by a dot ".". This means that 4.5 means major number = 4, minor number = 5

This also means that 4.5 is NOT 4.50...

And with this method there is no confusion as to what part of the version to treat as a decimal number with stuff like x . xxx . xxx
Because each number stands on its own...

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Now take also in account that the version numbering of Plus! has always been like the second method.

Even in texts and tuts on the website 4.50 is used. It is also used as that in the about window.

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These three things together means that it might be possible that someone reads 4.5 as being just that: 4,5. And they may wonder how 4.5 is a newer version than 4.40.... (since that is what is listed everywhere else, not 4,4)

If you state 4.50. There can not be any confusion at all, no matter how you read it. Those who use the first method to interpret the number would read it correct, and those who use the second method would read it correct also.