Klarinet Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2000/01

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] Y2K
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 20:14:28 -0500

>From: "Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip" <nyip@-----.EDU>

>> It looks as if Y2K is fake.

Dear Nicholas

As an ex professional programmer I do not quite agree with you. In all
programs I wrote from the '70's onward, whenever a date was important I
programmed in such a way, that if the two last digits were unde 50, the
prefix was 20, otherwise it was 19. If course assuming my programs would not
survive the year 2049, and even though some of my oldest programs still are
in use, this seems to be a correct assumption.

Howevef, if you change your wordings into "it looks like the program is
exaggerated" I fullheartedly agree. The question is, in what kind of
programs the exact date is important. IMHO in most programs the exact date
is just a matter of administration. It looks very funny, if you are 102
years old, but your election committee decides you may not vote, because
your age is two.

And, within the critical era, how many computers are OLD enough to know the
problem? (Of course I do not speak of areas way back like in Russia or
Uganda)

Have a good year 2000, and be fully prepared when the new century begins
(almost a year after today)

Rien

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