Hi,
>EOF marker card was filled with 80 nines, since it was an 80 column
>card. The code was being written when the date 9/9/99 was so far off
>that everyone thought the program would be replaced by a more modern
>technology before it bacame a problem. Using a 9's card to signify EOF
>was standard procedure for the industry. I learned it from my classes
>at IBM. So I guess according to your perfect 20-20 hindsite, Big Blue
>should be forced into bankrupcy for teaching such a poor technique.
Because of that, and the fact that they can deduce the date "9/9/99"
from a row of 80 nines. No wait, don't use that algorithm in your code
kids, you're probably violating an IBM patent on date compression that
is unheard of until now !!!
Just because IBM teaches something doesn't make it good. Did you ever
hear of Microsoft, pray ? (Oops, I might have stepped into sth. here...)
Alexander Dietrich
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