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To: Jim who wrote (248)8/15/1999 12:29:00 AM
From: foobert  Respond to of 662
 
How many doomRealists does it take to change a lightbulb?

You said:

<<<<I am surprised that people are concerned about computer problems occurring on Sep 9. I have written thousands of programs over the past 30 years and have never conditioned a program to end based on a date. The normal way is to look for an EOF (End of File character) ie. hex FFFF. If I wanted to condition a program to end on a "dummy date" ie. 999999, it would not see this condition on Sep 9, as this date id 090999 and pointed out by Daffodil.>>>>

Thought I heard an echo. I also pointed out the same thing on the other thread.

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Of course we are not voices of authority, so what do we know?



To: Jim who wrote (248)8/15/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid  Respond to of 662
 
This is needed. They have to keep the Y too Kay money machine rolling strong.

If you don't have mass concern, who is going to buy into the Y too Kay hoax? There is a lot of money involved, need I say more?


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