Editing Talk:2730: Code Lifespan
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Circa 1969, "Surely 16 bits will be enough for a timestamp, it won't break until the year 2000. Who knows if it will still be around by then." Circa 1998, "Surely 32 bits will be enough for a timestamp, it won't break until the year 2038. Who knows if it will still be around by then." But to be fair, while Unix has outlasted one of it's major contributors (Dennis Ritchie, RIP), it was designed with best practices to encourage reuse. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:58, 27 January 2023 (UTC) | Circa 1969, "Surely 16 bits will be enough for a timestamp, it won't break until the year 2000. Who knows if it will still be around by then." Circa 1998, "Surely 32 bits will be enough for a timestamp, it won't break until the year 2038. Who knows if it will still be around by then." But to be fair, while Unix has outlasted one of it's major contributors (Dennis Ritchie, RIP), it was designed with best practices to encourage reuse. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 18:58, 27 January 2023 (UTC) | ||
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