On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 04:09 , Jonathan E. Paton wrote:
> I think we should petition our OS designers to think
> ahead. The short-sightedness of programmers caused
> the Y2K issue, we should avoid repeating our mistakes.
like dude, relax.
according to Moore's law the last CPU upgrade
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> This is a problem for us historians. I would hope
> that perl designers, among others, are thinking
> about wide date ranges...
AFAIK the Linux kernel people are complaining about
having a year 40 (1sf) problem. Obviously, if
time travel becomes possible then we'll need a range
of several
This is a problem for us historians. I would hope that perl designers, among others,
are thinking about wide date ranges...
Thanx,
Smiddy
( About that log message from AD 61, ... )
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