From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-10-14T06:04:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Sorting

> Well, if you really want to be "trendy", I think we should call the
> current Ruby as Ruby version 7.0 or 8.0 at least.... :)
>
> (You know, SunOS 2.6 == Solaris 6, SunOS 2.7 == Solaris 7, etc.  So Ruby
> version 1.6.7 == Ruby 6, Ruby version 1.7.x == Ruby 7, etc.)


Not to be a pedant here, but the Solaris name is more than a mapping of OS to
name; Solaris "X" was given to the *bundle* of things like the OS version,
window manager version, and a number of other things.

While SunOS 2.7 was IN Solaris 7, it can't be said the 2 are "equal" (nor even
"==").