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Alexander Kopilovitch wrote:
> This is a correct sentense, it conveys truth, but in such a way that you can't
> dissect it or extract contiguous part of it without converting the truth to a
> lie. Actually, the SRI software code for Ariane 4 was *perfectly good for
> Ariane 4*, although it quite probably was not so good in general -- so your
> sentense "It was not perfectly good code." is probably true also.

The Araine 4 programmers exactly reproduced the Y2K problem in microcosm.
They wrote code that took advantage of limited input range, and sent it out
into the world with insufficient protection against the future. It was
perfectly good in the same way as two digit years.