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Comment Y2K Bug (Score 1) 348

by jnburkey on Saturday June 26, 2004 @04:43PM (#9539030) Attached to: Computer Pioneer Bob Bemer Dies

There was no Y2K bug. Those of us that used only the last two digits of the year to reduce memory and disk consumption, knew that they would not funtion properly past 1999. We never expected that they would remain in use that long. Everyone programming in 1971 knew the limitations of that technique. John

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