Hi,

I must plead for COBOL: it is not inherently Y2K-sick, only those programs
where century was omitted. However, it is not COBOL-specific. IMHO one can
program bullshit in all programming languages... even if in C (maybe
Intercal is an exception <G> )

Regards,
Imre


On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Andy Kunz wrote:

> >I use 19991021 as a date format, myself [CCYYMMDD];  It's quite Y2k safe
> >(though it WILL fail at Y10k, sadly!)  It sorts nicely with any sort
>
> Hopefully we won't be running M$ products then.
>
> Or COBOL.  Which reminds me of a joke I have.  To save bandwidth, I won't
> post it, but if you want it PRIVATE mailto: andy@rc-hydros.com
>
> Andy
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