At Fri, 26 Nov 1999 00:24:52 -0800, Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > IIRC perl5 is y2k compliant, perl4 *isn't*. Or at least gmtime & > > localtime prior to perl5 returned the year as the final 2 digits of > > the year number, in perl 5 it returns years since 1900. > > This is a myth. Perl 4 is broken in many aspects, but Y2K isn't one > of them. hmm, I've replied to a questioner, then he said that in http://www.gnu.org/software/year2000-list.html#NotChecked perl5.002, perl5.003 were not yet tested and marked as `newer version was claimed OK'. So he asked perl5.002, perl5.003 is really year 2000 complient, while debian has no perl5.002, perl5.003. What should I reply to him? Thanks, Fumitoshi UKAI
