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Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction?

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Subject Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction?
From "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
References (2 earlier) <2ee99c33-38ae-4097-b847-c3b7fc6ad63d@googlegroups.com> <XnsA6EADF22299AAeejj99@194.109.6.166> <XnsA6EAE239F6C95eejj99@194.109.6.166> <g5536cpnucefgic9328grcfd8dlehou0t7@4ax.com> <7dCHSnIG0uYYFw85@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid>
Date 2016-12-28 10:36 +0100
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Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote on 27 Dec 2016 
in comp.lang.javascript:

> In comp.lang.javascript message <g5536cpnucefgic9328grcfd8dlehou0t7@4ax.
>com>, Mon, 26 Dec 2016 14:12:05, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
> posted:
> 
>>     I do not know DateSerial(), but this code has a possible smell of
>>not handling a leap year correctly.  What happens if the person was
>>born on Leap Day and dies in a non-leap year?  (Will DateSerial()
>>throw an error or otherwise malfunction?
> 
> One must consider the purpose of the code, and from that what the answer
> should be in awkward cases.  So, if this is required for legal purposes,
> one must know the legal definition in the applicable jurisdiction.  It
> is entirely possible that the "correct" answer may vary between US & CA
> and MX, or even between US states and other territories.

Perhaps one 'should', but 'must' not.
One should campain for the freedom of expression of all programmers, even 
the ones that lazily prefer to ask others, instead of do simple testing and 
debugging.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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What is wrong with this If Else construction? bart.smissaert@gmail.com - 2016-12-26 00:05 -0800
  Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-26 10:37 +0100
    Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? bart.smissaert@gmail.com - 2016-12-26 03:45 -0800
      Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-12-26 12:59 +0100
        Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? bart.smissaert@gmail.com - 2016-12-26 04:02 -0800
          Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? bart.smissaert@gmail.com - 2016-12-26 04:16 -0800
      Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? me <mu@local.local> - 2016-12-26 13:34 +0100
        Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 05:02 -0800
          Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-12-26 18:32 +0100
            Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 15:32 -0800
              Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-27 10:05 +0100
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 03:27 -0800
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-27 21:46 +0100
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-29 18:36 +0100
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-28 23:16 +0000
              Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-12-27 22:28 +0100
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-12-27 15:07 -0800
                Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-12-28 19:37 +0100
      Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-26 21:56 +0100
        Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-26 22:14 +0100
          Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-12-26 14:12 -0800
            Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-27 00:02 +0100
            Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-27 22:36 +0000
              Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-28 10:36 +0100
  Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-12-26 17:00 +0100
    OT: Leap year bug in Excel (was: What is wrong with this If Else construction?) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-12-26 17:12 +0100
  Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-27 22:52 +0000
    Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-12-28 01:01 +0100
      Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? $Bill <news@todbe.com> - 2016-12-27 22:19 -0800
        Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-12-28 10:05 +0000
          Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? [OT] $Bill <news@todbe.com> - 2016-12-28 13:59 -0800
            Re: What is wrong with this If Else construction? [OT] Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-12-28 22:17 +0000

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