Re: (Devil's advocate:) 5.3 vs.5.2 vs. 5.1 vs. 5.0 releases

[Chris Emerson <chris-lua@...>]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 08:33:19AM -0300, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> Not being a native speaker, I wonder what the difference between "final"
> and "last" is.  They seem pretty equivalent, but perhaps "final" is more
> clear:
> 	http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/68137/are-final-decision-and-last-decision-interchangeable

There's a subtle difference.  To me, at least, "final" means there won't be
any more, but "last" could also be interpreted as "most recent".  For
example, when you say "last Monday" you're not implying that it was the
final Monday.

Regards,

Chris