Re: tlug: Y2K + 38

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Scott Stone writes:

 > >  > Several times I heard the argument that at that time all systems will be
 > >  > at least 64-bit.
 > > 
 > > Just like everyone would have replaced all those old COBOL programs by 
 > > now? Seems like if there's one thing we should learn from the Y2K
 > > problem, it's to expect the unexpected.
 > 
 > it's not a cobol issue.

I was suggesting the 'all systems will be at least 64-bit' line might
be overly optimistic -- by analogy to the programmers back in the 60s
and 70s who wrote (e.g.) COBOL programs with two-byte date fields (or
their bosses who told them to do it that way), never imagining that
those programs would still be in use at the end of the century. I
thought it was clear enough, but I guess not.

Matt Gushee
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido
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