From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f948976d12c7ee33 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-29 14:09:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Boeing and Dreamliner Date: 29 Jun 2003 16:09:08 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3EFC6FC2.B96DAEA4@adaworks.com> <1056731513.272294@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1056920941 31304 192.135.80.34 (29 Jun 2003 21:09:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39906 Date: 2003-06-29T16:09:08-05:00 List-Id: In article , Hyman Rosen writes: > Alexander Kopilovitch wrote: >> I simply *know* why those 2-digit year representation was right thing > > Yes, the problem wasn't just that two-digit years were used, it's that > no one remembered *where* they were used when the time came to worry > about them. In the Ariane 5 case, they didn't even realize that there > was something to worry about. With Ariane 5, a human decision was made to change the context. With Y2K, programs were in use which were both flawed in the face of a context change and dependent on the context changing (mortgage accounts depended on the year becoming "one greater", for instance).