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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 03:43:16 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 9/30/24 3:21 AM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:03:29 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> 
>>> Fun fact: I was reworking an old perpetual-calendar program I first
>>> wrote back in 1980, to use Fortran 90, a few months ago. And I found a
>>> bug in my algorithm that never showed up in any years from the 20th
>>> century, but did manifest itself in the 21st century.
>> 
>> Y2K rides again...  I think in many cases the problem was recognized in
>> the '70s and '80s but nobody expected the code to last decades.
> 
>    Very true - and TROUBLESOME.
> 
>    We all think in the NOW. With effort we can think a FEW years ahead.
>    But a whole new century or something similar ... TOO MUCH WORK to
>    future- proof. We'll "get back to it", sometime ......

It won't be my problem but my bet is there will be a flurry of activity in 
2037...