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November 1996, Week 4

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Re: HPYYYY and HPYYYYMMDD (was Re: Proposal for new HPCENTURY
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:55:23 -0800
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Gregory writes:
> a raw nerve. It is HPMonth, not HPMM. HPYYYY is inconsistent. And
> HPSUSAN is an acronym for System Unique Assigned Serial Number. YYYY is
> no acronym; it is COBOLese.

You mean, COBOLese as in "immediately understood by the majority of
programmers on the HP3000"? :)

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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