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Peter,
Most unwise when making major changes to do more than one thing at a
time????
Using your approach, construction crews would alway pave the roads before
they fixed the sewers.
The specs for TS 5.0 should have had Y2K support as the first item.
I believe that in programming, like most other things, it is cheaper and
faster to do it right the first time.
Jim Walker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter2150@xxxxxxx [mailto:Peter2150@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 3:07 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: chris@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: CPR
>
>
> In a message dated 98-07-16 13:12:35 EDT, chris@xxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > BTW, what I don't understand is is TS 5.0 is a fantastic new
> re-write using
> > true 32-bit code, why has the y2k bug been designed into it?
> If it's going
> > to be re-written, re-write it without the bug!
>
> It is not a bug. It is simply the way all software reads dates.
> They are
> wise to do it the way they are. Most unwise when making major
> changes to do
> more than one thing at a time. Better to do all the changes for TS5.0 and
> then go back and make all the changes for the Y2K fix. Other wise when
> problems occur its a lot harder to find the cause.
>
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