[vorbis] version number

[Kenneth Arnold]

On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 03:36:28PM +0200, Moritz Grimm wrote:
> Phaedras at gmx.net wrote:
> > After downloading Vorbis 1.0 the other day and encoding a couple of songs
> > with it, I checked "file info" and noticed that their version number was still
> > "0". Until now I'd always assumed "version" meant the version of libvorbis,
> > and that after the 1.0 release it'd switch to "1".
> > 
> > Does "version" means something completely different then? Or is this some
> > oversight by the programmers?
> 
> No, everything's correct. Vorbis I is "version 0". Some day, when Vorbis
> II is done, it will be "version 1", if I understood the part in the
> specs dealing with this topic correctly.

Comp sci geeks, I guess Monty included, like to number things starting
with zero. Zero is as good a number as any, you know... and numbering
something in compsci starting with 1 is like starting with 2 for the
rest of the world -- it will work, but somehow it just doesn't seem
right :) There are lots of boring technical reasons why, mainly
dealing with pointers and related beasts, but most people have better
things to do -- like re-ripping all their CDs in Vorbis 1.0 goodness
-- instead of worrying about these things! :)

Happy 1.0 everybody!


-- 
Kenneth Arnold <ken at arnoldnet.net>
- "Know thyself."


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