dinoquark replied to your post: At work at the moment I’m doing an urgent but…
The people thinking about the year 2000 were doing a much better job than early programmers and computer engineers I guess.
So it seems! I guess it’s forgivable in a way — computer technology develops so rapidly that you can sort of understand people not expecting their work to last more than a few years, whereas legislation can remain in force for a very long time indeed (as we’ve seen!) and the people who draft it try to make sure it keeps working for as long as it’s needed.
