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To: uu who wrote (1599)5/11/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: John Mansfield   of 1936
 
Assembler at MasterCard International

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....

High-Level Assembler

This issue is not going away. Our tech services people are insisting
there's a problem. I agree, but it's not a Year 2000 compliance
problem. One well-placed observer suggested to me that tech services
doesn't have the budget or manpower to upgrade all the old assembler
programs, so they want to get it combined into the Y2K project. I
can't judge how true this observation is, but it's possible.

Basically, technical services is arguing that any assembler program
originally built with an older assembler may fail even if it has NO
date logic. They have found a couple of older programs that don't
work with the current release of the operating system, but it's not
due to date-related problems. Some old programs refer to operating
system services/access methods that are no longer supported.

...

Previous Time Machine Reports are available at:

home.att.net

STANDARD DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an official corporate spokesperson for
MasterCard International. My opinions should not be held against my
benevolent employer.

Arnold Trembley
Software Engineer I (just a job title, still a programmer)
MasterCard International
"Y2K? Because Centuries Happen!"
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Subject:
STL Time Machine Report #16
Date:
Sun, 10 May 1998 20:40:00 -0500
From:
Arnold Trembley <arnold.trembley@worldnet.att.net>
Organization:
AT&T WorldNet Services
Newsgroups:
comp.software.year-2000
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