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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better!
Date: 1997/01/27
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Bob Jarvis said

"I don't think you can lay the Y2K problems solely at the feet of the financial i
ndustry.
It's the responsibility of every developer who has ever stored a 2-digit year in
 any
program.



Robert Dewar replies

Sure, but the most serious instances of the problem are those associated
with big-bucks big-iron fiscal codes.