[ntp:questions] Re: no more leap seconds?
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prep at prep.synonet.com
Fri Aug 12 17:18:07 UTC 2005
"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> By the time 2603 rolls around, there will be will 10^20 lines of
> code that will need to be modified. The source for at least half of
> the affected code will be incomplete or missing altogether. The
> problem will be worked around by agreeing to add an extra leap day
> 12,000 years in the future.
ANd of course, no snouter will change the rules yet again over that 600
years. No, that would never happen deary me...
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