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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Date: 30 Sep 2024 07:21:49 GMT
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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.