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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-01-07 04:05 pm

The Y2010 bug

Next time someone says that the Y2K bug was a load of rubbish, point them at this example of what happens when people don't test their software/hardware before rolling over a minor date change.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-01-08 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
And for text manipulation there's perl now!

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-01-08 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I've no idea how it compares to cobol, but perl is geared towards processing huge amounts of text and fast. It's what biologists use to process massive amounts of experiment data like genomes or stuff, somewhat unexpectedly.

For toolchains, it can be run as one-line commands rather nicely.

Your setup is just weird! ;)

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-01-08 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow.

I'll admit, this is wholly outside my experience. But: no command line? Gah!?! Do you edit the inodes with magnets too? ;)

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-01-08 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
ARGH MY EYES!!!

I'd ask why the hell are people still using this old crap, but... *sigh*