Walt Mankowski on 7 Jan 2004 14:27:01 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] History is 1/2 over on Saturday 

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:17:56AM -0500, William H. Magill wrote:
> Think about it... The original Unix clock implementation was in 16 bits.
> ... and this weekend it dies! '

Umm...I don't get it.  You can't even hold the number of seconds in a
single *day* in 16 bits.  How'd they manage to stretch it out to work
for 34 years?

Walt

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