Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, used by many?

Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by KMnO4 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:14PM (#37698530)

Keep in mind that not all projects use the semantic versioning we typically see (ie major.minor.patch).

There’s a type of versioning called “ZeroVer” where the version is -never- to exceed 0.x.x.

https://0ver.org/

According to that site, the software ASCEND (0.9.8) was first released over 45 years ago.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by idiocratic on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:25PM (#37698588)

True but that site is satire https://0ver.org/about.html

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by bhaak on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:16PM (#37698919)

Not the first joke to be taken for real and being used by far too many people because they find it useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by lnxg33k1 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:31PM (#37698993)

The christians of software development

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by bmicraft on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:50PM (#37699075)

> used by far too many people because they find it useful.

I don't think that's true.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by ahofmann on Friday September 29, 2023 @01:38AM (#37699689)

Well, it seems to be true. This thread is the best example.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by appplication on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:21PM (#37706456)

Inability to release 1.0 of any software is driven by indecision and/or a lack of confidence in the stability of your product. Nothing more. If you’re decisive about meaningful features on realistic milestones and confident that you have a stable system, there is no reason to not 1.0.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by wenc on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:23PM (#37698580)

TeX converges to pi

It's currently at version 3.141592653

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by smitty1e on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:32PM (#37698637)

And the related Metafont converges to e.

Knuth for the transcendental win!

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by reikonomusha on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:37PM (#37698674)

It would be a transcendental tragedy, because those versions only truly become transcendental when Knuth dies. :(

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by nailer on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:02AM (#37699142)

Knuth also has his own definition of bug, limited to mathematical incorrectness.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by arunc on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:26PM (#37698598)

Interesting to know that zer0ver exists! Do you know how they claim it to be the most popular versioning scheme?

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by alanbernstein on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:35PM (#37698654)

It's probably true if you assume every "first commit" project starts at 0.0.1. I don't think they put much thought into justifying it though.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:24PM (#37698587)

I have never seen that site before, but taking a look right now, my conclusion is that it is satire.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the oldest software alive still in 0.x, ... by basic612 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:00PM (#37698830)

The site appears to be quite tongue in cheek however the table of 0.x projects looks like quite the valid reference.

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