Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:35:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proposal to not change time_t Message-ID: <199808210035.TAA17016@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199808202213.PAA28422@usr04.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 20, 98 10:13:48 pm"
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In reply: > > > If time_t were 48 bits, when would we be running into *that* limit? > > > > In about four million years. I think all of us will probably have to > > newfs our drives by then. :-) > > In 40 years, none of the COBOL programs we write will still be running... that's what they said 40 years ago... some pointy-haired boss somewhere will survive for the sole purpose of proving you wrong... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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