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Re: Arch Crawford 9/9/99



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> One of the most fascinating dimensions of Arch Crawford's
> prediction of an imminent downdraft in the financial markets is the
> fact that 9/9/99 corresponds to the line of code ("9999") many
> programmers used to signify the end of a program -- are we going to
> get a taste of Y2K earlier than expected? 

I can't speak to the coding habits of COBOL programmers in the 50's, 
who may have used arcane things like that.  But overall I would be 
very surprised if any programs used a "9999" date as an end test.  
For one thing, both the month and date fields had to support two 
digits, even *BEFORE* Y2K.  :-)

Gary