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0ver

"0ver" refers to a versioning scheme that uses a significant version of "0," forever, used by *many* popular projects across many ecosystems.

16000

the number of concurrent threads Quest wants.

42

the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

45

45 is the Java classfile format number for Java 1.02 and Java 1.1. Don't use this.

46

46 is the Java classfile format number for Java 1.2.

47

47 is the Java classfile format number for Java 1.3.

48

48 is the Java classfile format number for Java 1.4.

49

49 is the Java classfile format number for Java 5.

4gl

Fourth-Generation Languages — database-oriented languages (SQL, FOCUS, Informix-4GL) meant to let non-programmers build reports. SQL survived. The rest didn't. We try to miss them and fail.

50

50 is the Java classfile format number for Java 6.

51

51 is the Java classfile format number for Java 7.

52

52 is the Java classfile format number for Java 8.

53

53 is the Java classfile format number for Java 9.

54

54 is the Java classfile format number for Java 10.

55

55 is the Java classfile format number for Java 11.

56

56 is the Java classfile format number for Java 12.

57

57 is the Java classfile format number for Java 13.

58

58 is the Java classfile format number for Java 14.

59

59 is the Java classfile format number for Java 15.

5gl

Fifth-Generation Languages — constraint/logic-based (Prolog, Mercury); promised AI-like inference from declarative rules. Mostly became a favorite chapter in comp-sci textbooks.