OOP was Re: SC - Happy New Year (OT)
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Mon Jan 10 21:05:39 PST 2000
Steve Brooks commented:
> The rule is
>
> Every year that is divisible by 4 is a leap year...(eg 2004, 2008)
> except where
> Every year that is divisible by 100 is not a leap year (eg 2100,2200)
> unless
> Every year that is divisible by 400 is a leap year (eg 2000,2400)
>
> A lot of software got this wrong, some programmers knew the first rule, a
> few new both rule one and two and even less knew about rule 3. So you hope
> that the programmer was either very good or very bad, Microsoft programmers
> are obviously mediocre and hence the problem.
Either that, or possibly it was a strategic decision. Afterall, this error
did force folks to buy a new copy of the software. I didn't see Microsoft,
as far as I remember, offering a free fix for the problems in Excel.
Frankly, when looking for software I buy it elsewhere before I resort
to Microsoft, but less and less alternatives seem to be there.
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Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas stefan at texas.net
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