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People are looking at a bigger delta of improvement than that, IMO, but that also means they only want big commits from big names. The Tau thing really is too t
by threatofrain 6y ago
People are looking at a bigger delta of improvement than that, IMO, but that also means they only want big commits from big names. The Tau thing really is too trivial, which means it may be outweighed by friction alone.
- Zhyl 6y agoYeah, the circle constant is considered 'solved' and has been a well understood concept since... (googles) .. oh wow, 2560 BCE [0], with pi being used as the symbol for the last 400 odd years [1]. It's understandable that there wouldn't be much appetite to tamper with that if there isn't a gosh darned good reason. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#History [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Adoption_of_the_symbol_%CF%80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Adoption_of_the_symbol_%CF%... (Interesting to note the original coining of Pi was π/δ for what we now call Pi (circumference over diameter) and π/ρ for what we are calling Tau (circumference over radius).)
- alisonkisk 6y agoTau looks too much like Pi. It should be Rho for Rotation.
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- Zhyl 6y agoThanks, Alison.