Re: Ada case-statement

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>]

On 3/15/2018 5:12 PM, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:

> For the early 1980s, it was somewhat prescient in avoiding 2-digit 
> years, something I recall liking when I first encountered the language.
> 
Ada 83 has a known Doom Date of December 31, 2099.  It has since been 
updated to 2399, so don't get too worried.  Actually, the beginning of 
Ada time 1901, isn't perfect.  Some countries Russia, Turkey, and Greece 
in particular used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century.  It 
just didn't make sense for Ada to worry about THAT particular problem.

In the other direction, even the Gregorian calendar isn't perfect and a 
leap day will need to be skipped every few thousand years.  Probably 
either Feb. 29th, 3000 or Feb. 29th, 4000 won't occur.  My guess is that 
the latter date will win out. When it starts to become an issue in the 
late thirtieth century, it will be easier to put it off for another 
thousand years.  (I just hope I'm around to see it. ;-)