On 10/5/07, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 5, 9:44 am, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007-10-05, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've just been told by the editors at Python Magazine that the first > > > issue is out. > > > > The first issue is issue number 10? > > > > That's a bit silly. > > > > -- > > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I can't decide > which > > at WRONG TURN to make > first!! > > visi.com I wonder if BOB > GUCCIONE > > has these problems! > > Probably Issue 10 as in "issued in October, being the 10th month", so > this is more of an id than it is a sequential index number. Just like > a social security number of 123-45-6789 does not mean you are the > 123,456,789th human born since the beginning of the SS system. > > But I grant that Issue number does have some connotation of sequence > to it, and if the next issue is something like 2 or 8, or really > anything other than 11, now THAT would be silly. And I'm sure that in > the future, when people are trying to amass the complete set of Python > Magazines, they'll wonder why those issues 1-9 of the first volume are > so hard to come by. > > But I suspect that, come January, we will see the release of Vol 2, > Issue 1. Just an artifact of having the first issue come out in some > month other than January. > > -- Paul > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
It's "Volume 1, Issue 10". A volume is a year. When January '08 is released, it will be "Volume 2, Issue 1". Keep the feedback coming! brian. -- Brian K. Jones Python Magazine http://www.pythonmagazine.com My Blog http://m0j0.wordpress.com
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