It seems like the idea of putting a version number in a header was already well-established when IP was first defined. I wonder who was the first to come up with the idea of versioning?
It’s quite possible they wrote the specifications on a DEC system with automatic file versioning. Probably more like DOC.TXT;69 incrementing as they make new versions.
It seems like the idea of putting a version number in a header was already well-established when IP was first defined. I wonder who was the first to come up with the idea of versioning?
I imagine versioning 0.0.1 probably revolved around
file.txt,file_2.txt,file_FINISHED.txt,file_FINISHED(1).txt,file_FINAL_REAL.txtad infinitum…It’s quite possible they wrote the specifications on a DEC system with automatic file versioning. Probably more like
DOC.TXT;69incrementing as they make new versions.More information on DEC automatic file versioning: Retrocomputing Stack Exchange – Filesystems with versioning – answer
Fun! I didn’t realize that was a thing!