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Re: Year 2000 and Date cutoffs
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Brian Duncombe <[log in to unmask]>
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Brian Duncombe <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:39:19 -0500
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At 02:33 PM 2/11/97 -0500, Brian Duncombe wrote:
>At 10:41 AM 2/11/97 -0700, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>Of course, personally I think that everyone should be moving to four-digit
>>years, or maybe even six-digit years. :) Sorry I couldn't resist.
>
>How gauche!
>
>Don't you think you should be "with it" and have 64bit years?

Actually, if we did that, time would go too fast!




Brian Duncombe  [log in to unmask]  http://www.triolet.com
"Inside every large program is a small one struggling to get out."
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