From: Joel Seidman <joel_seidman.nospam@smtp.svl.trw.com>
Subject: Re: Y2K Issues
Date: 1998/10/26
Date: 1998-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3635225A.41C67EA6@smtp.svl.trw.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccww5n0wzc.fsf@world.std.com
Robert A Duff wrote:
> I also can't help but point out that two 8-bit quantities can of course
> store a year-range of 65,536 years, so something's wrong when somebody
> decides to use 16 bits to represent a 100-year range, because they're
> short on memory, and 32 bits is too costly. That kind of decision
> sounds more "convenient" or "expedient" than "intentional".
Obviously if you really wanted to pack numbers you'd use BCD or binary.
I've always thought attributing the "saving memory" motivation that you
see in popular explanations is overly kind, a bit of a social lie.
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-19 0:00 Y2K Issues John J Cupak Jr
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-10-20 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Niklas Holsti
[not found] ` <362B8D2F.802F42E6@lmco.com>
1998-10-20 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Mark Bennison
1998-10-22 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-20 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-23 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-10-25 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1998-10-26 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-27 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-27 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-27 0:00 ` Y2K Issues (well, not really...) Dave Wood
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Y2K Issues dennison
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1998-10-27 0:00 ` John Herro
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Joel Seidman [this message]
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Y2K Issues - Warning Off-Topic Al Christians
1998-10-27 0:00 ` Y2K Issues dewarr
1998-10-27 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-29 0:00 ` system
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Al Christians
1998-11-02 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-11-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-11-05 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-06 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-11-07 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-06 0:00 ` Al Christians
1998-11-08 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-11-08 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-06 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-27 0:00 ` Gautier de Montmollin
1998-10-28 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-29 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-10-30 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-31 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-02 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-30 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1998-10-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-10-31 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1998-10-28 0:00 ` adam
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Al Christians
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1998-11-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-10-28 0:00 ` adam
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
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1998-10-23 0:00 Condic, Marin D.
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