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To: flatsville who wrote (8976)	10/22/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Tim-- See: merlyn.demon.co.uk From the above web page: Fair Comment/etc... 2038-01-19 Tue - 32-bit UNIX/POSIX : 2**31 secs from 1970-01-01, time_t MSB sets @03:14:08 GMT, and signed time_t<0 or time_t=-1 is an error marker - "C" libraries: Note 4; Porquet page. "Version 3.1 of InterSystems' Cache (www.intersys.com) crashes on January 19, 2038. Related to C calendar library problem. A fix is reportedly in the works." Also see this page for general info merlyn.demon.co.uk You can go to Deja.com and run a Unix search within various newsgroups. How much time 'ya got? I know very little about this problem..."A fix is reportedly in the works."...What, me worry?

To: flatsville who wrote (8976)	10/22/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

You can NOT compare the pace of technology then, to the pace NOW. 40 Years from now, we will NOT be using these systems, and all systems are not affected by these problems.

To: flatsville who wrote (8976)	10/23/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 9818

flatsville - Didn't they say that back in the 1960s as well in regards to legacy languages More than two years ago I got a list of 400 languages. I was specifically looking for 4 languages... only one was on the list! There are lots & lots of languages out there & they're growing at 10%+ annually! In another 10 years a new generation of coding cowboys will be cursing the piles of virtually unreadable C code ("the portable assembler language of the 1990s"). - David