Date:         Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:33:26 -0400
Reply-To:     L&A Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA>
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From:         L&A Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: nein, nein, nein, nein
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Chuck Mathis wrote:

> Another media hype -- September 9, 1999 in every language I've studied is
> 090999 not 9999.<snip>

Chuck, you are correct if the field was six alpha bytes "090999" but in the 70's
when space was tight, the field would most likely would have been four hex bytes
#9999. In the '70s we wrote mostly in macro assembler because space was precious
and COLOL, PL/1 and FORTRAN where hogs. I am afraid that assembler languages
probably predate your studies.

Larry

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