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to: STEWART HONSBERGER
from: DAVID CHORD
date: 1997-10-22 18:01:00
subject: WishList For Maximus 4

Stewart Honsberger wrote in a message to Dave Hamilton:
 DH> This is a good component of writing software that lasts longer than
 DH> a thousand years, but suppose I have 'Century 2000' in my configs when
 DH> the rollover happens. How will Max interpret existing files dated
 DH> 02/25/97? Wouldn't it think it was 2097? There needs to be some
 DH> cutoff line where dates higher than the specified number are
 DH> considered to be from the previous century.
 SH> But then again, there are more problems you have to deal with,
 SH> you'd have to  set it for lower than 50 or so, but then again,
 SH> there are people who are born  pre-1950, so there's a problem, so
 SH> you'd have to set it for about 20 
How about between 80 and 99? Very few people born between 1880/1899 will be 
using modems, and I believe no files are dated BEFORE 1980. That would give 
Scott another 77-79 years before he'd have to make any further changes, 
something I don't expect to see him doing :-)
Cya..
Dave 
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