> Think about the code that some poor programmer is going to have to write as > they read your PDF. Instead of an if-else-if sequence that goes on for > pages, is there a simpler way to generate pUTC? I mean, no human is going to > read your PDF and manually go through the guidelines you present. So maybe > think of the code first instead of the prose.
The if-else mess can be turned into a loop scanning a table. (or binary search) If the table format is anything sane, you could publish the table someplace public and give it a name. If somebody comes along with a better proposal, they can publish their table. Any paper that uses this technique needs to specify which table they use. I think there is already something similar for correcting carbon-14 dates. If you publish a paper using C-14 dating, you specify which corrections you used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating#Atmospheric_variation -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
