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Steven Deller <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Deller <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:00:58 -0800
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Damn I hate key bounce.  Drop a zero.  Ada has a Y2100 bug.  No need to wait
190 centuries.  Just wait 100 years :-).

On Monday, March 08, 1999 3:48 PM, Hal Hart [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> Steven Deller wrote:
>
> > ...
> > For my part, I am already worried about Ada's built in Y21000 bug.  I
> > won't
> > be around to see it cause problems, but my bet is that it will.
>
> I award Steve the prize for most optimistic prediction of Ada's future ever
>  --
> that our passion will still be going 190 CENTURIES from now, approx. 10
> times as
> long since Year-0 as we've come so far!  This makes Steve the "Joe Dimaggio
> of
> Ada"  --  the record that will never be broken?   -hh  :-)

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