Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000

From: LX-i (lxi0007_at_netscape.net)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:28:31 -0600

Richard Heathfield wrote:

> What's worse, some Y2K "solutions" involved the use of a fixed century
> window, which simply delays some of the kinds of problems that we faced
> just over four years ago. (By "fixed century window" I mean, basically, if
> yy < WINDOW then cc = 20 else cc = 19. Lame, or what?)

Yes - but if that window is placed in only one place, it's easy for
those who come after to slide the window. It's (IMO, of course) a
legitimate fix where a complete redesign was cost-prohibitive. "Good
enough" is a lot cheaper than "perfect". 

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