Why version() ?

[Don]

bearophile wrote:
> Don:
>> I requested module-scope static if, and Walter said "that's probably 
>> almost impossible to implement", but he did it anyway <g>.
> 
> Walter does almost the impossible, sometimes. I'll have to remember this :-)
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

The traditional way to get an engineer to do something, is to tell him 
you believe it's impossible. Works very well with Walter.
Also Walter tends not to promise to do something, unless he's already 
finished it <g>.