Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 03:43:16 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 9/30/24 3:21 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:03:29 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

Fun fact: I was reworking an old perpetual-calendar program I first
wrote back in 1980, to use Fortran 90, a few months ago. And I found a
bug in my algorithm that never showed up in any years from the 20th
century, but did manifest itself in the 21st century.

 
Y2K rides again...  I think in many cases the problem was recognized in
the '70s and '80s but nobody expected the code to last decades.

 
   Very true - and TROUBLESOME.
 
   We all think in the NOW. With effort we can think a FEW years ahead.
   But a whole new century or something similar ... TOO MUCH WORK to
   future- proof. We'll "get back to it", sometime ......

It won't be my problem but my bet is there will be a flurry of activity in
2037...