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Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers

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And verily, didst Milton Lachman <lachman@ebony.ppc.ubc.ca> hastily babble thusly:
>>   From: Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org>
>>On 31/03/2011 00:00, Milton Lachman wrote:
>>> The original post said superBASIC, while the revision said Sinclair BASIC
>>
>>
>>> Sinclair ZX BASIC
>>
> 
> How difficult is it to look up the original post on google and
> quote me properly as saying 
> 
> "the Sinclair BASIC subroutine below"
> "superBASIC"
> "this method is designed to run superbly as a stand-alone subroutine"
> "succeeds where other Methods do not when computing the 
> day of the week even on lowly Sinclair ZX BASIC"

Direct quote from the original article. (no need for google if you use a
decent newsreader/caching server combo)
------------------ begin quote -------------------
Although using a processor more sophisticated than found on four-function
 calculators, this method is simpler to execute than Hans' original Method
 of Congruence needing manipulation of data by numerically competent users.
 It succeeds where other Methods do not when computing the day of the week
 even on lowly Sinclair ZX BASIC: having no need of extra instructions for
 data stored in tables as in Babwani's Method nor for redundant operations
 as in Zeller's or Tondering's--nor even a C compiler running on a bloated
 development system as in Mike Keith's-- yet doing more in under 12 lines.

 

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Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers lachman@ebony.ppc.ubc.ca (Milton Lachman) - 2011-03-31 05:14 +0000
  Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2011-03-31 17:13 +0100
    Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers lachman@ebony.ppc.ubc.ca (Milton Lachman) - 2011-04-01 16:06 +0000
      Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2011-04-01 20:52 +0100
        Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers lachman@ebony.ppc.ubc.ca (Milton Lachman) - 2011-04-07 18:04 +0000

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