In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:56:03 +0000 > > It is not sufficiently realized that calendrical computations are a > specialist topic. People who would never consider writing their own sine > and cosine subroutines feel quite free to write date-handling routines > without knowing enough about what they are doing, and the results are always > deplorable or worse. > Agreed. I retract my earlier formula; it passed a quick spot check and has failed a more rigorous test.
I stand by my earlier remarks on your method of inclusions and exclusions. And that reinforces your claim about the subtlety of the topic. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
