Re: RFC 99 (v2) Standardize ALL Perl platforms on UNIX epoch

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 09:49:36AM -0400, Stephen P. Potter wrote:
> Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and Jonathan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > whispered:
> | Um, it's not guaranteed to blow up in 2038.  That's an implementation
> | detail.  IF we implement our time values as 64-bit integers (for
> | instance), we'll long out-live the 2038 deadline.
> 
> I don't know about anyone else, but I don't intend to care by the time the
> 2038 deadline comes around.  ;-)  I hope to still be alive and enjoying my
> grandchildren by then, but I really hope to not be still programming!

That must sound awfully similar to what the COBOL programmers in the
60's said when they figured that two digits is enough :-)

> -spp

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