From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1605 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2021 01:26:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Jan 2021 01:26:38 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4D34F9C8D6; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 11:26:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CEF9C880; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 11:26:04 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="kQ0CqI08"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 524C29C880; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 11:26:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-il1-f174.google.com (mail-il1-f174.google.com [209.85.166.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E48219C87E for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 11:26:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-il1-f174.google.com with SMTP id v3so8732209ilo.5 for ; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:26:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ninqwKRAbreC+/pTDliuPt7BEY0xy9nwbSCD9nQBVH8=; b=kQ0CqI08mC7mQQ51GcfEG1+CaVqHpNJcXLiEIQ9IaBTLAFDa3Fd0fsYfrcZSToZQLt GtwBmeneHhK+wYJKkiDF1tkRa4Tw/iFfxWsg4lBU799Y/kj8too21GC64C7OJR/ftGxe sw8mewYZod8ESW/ljZa84hqNZSlr2gD48+PZJOtEHTBGy715dkXEfxqTKcmLUVN/MA/X yw0pgYMZ9G/VvT4bO3Gi2EDMXK1qPpubUXFpneBNZF5s/odvppueedmYhc6Liw0y7N5G caHKc3kyNEASOUE9M1fkKoqJzEaHJkxz3AKQ/rKmCFhzKesgGNPkbjqF6Ku+RJo9xtv0 pS7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ninqwKRAbreC+/pTDliuPt7BEY0xy9nwbSCD9nQBVH8=; b=adoFAo+1xteEfLxsAY/B2yCd5tLIWBICaA1MdyEGOK3Dtn+L+9TgmYJdAL0jkFbhks hte8q8HhkNSCaCU7gveKIuIBMBdYgXv6wp4iqaeB0FmTEKGRYxzsaFvmdR6NNk2LRTiV wIKFkuikTYo2U9SK8oopKeI+BR0GVRcQ5hyfk7pfTOUtpzSW/+Ch5sW1wGJURWfpNU8E qxk0Ugwm6TlryVOdvPirChEDPZ/9zjW6eKP67izQdOzvr8daPxyaEbvokzNfhABMHqoj Ehc/JmcMJJfG4FOJoRjx4/ui3/Ccp3MBsOnBrqBiBys8FQEpc+WCIr6uK1n2vyt6jKzZ 25WA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531J86CIwAL5sB9+Zz9A4p2ix4IeRR5mF7VsEM3mbi5gCC/Y2Nw9 g0qD0URJJELbHFb8p+rgNVMXNTVzwy40/w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJypdRnSp29DsaU6d4q2yaBqHhtaaSXIuPGMMRclOyaArO64AXdywWhiiFDBno/tpOfbGbXuow== X-Received: by 2002:a92:1e08:: with SMTP id e8mr1603992ile.16.1610069160084; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:26:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.24] (198.27.14-65.ip.mltn.standardbroadband.ca. [198.27.14.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 67sm6552148ilc.40.2021.01.07.17.25.57 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:25:59 -0800 (PST) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: From: Nemo Nusquam Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 20:25:56 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; SunOS sun4u; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] The 2038 bug... X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 01/07/21 17:56, Stuart Remphrey wrote (in part): > > Dave, who's kept his COBOL knowledge a secret in every job > > Indeed! [...]; but especially COBOL: apart from everything else, too > much like writing a novel to get anything done. As long as we are bashing COBOL, I recall that someone -- name forgotten -- wrote a parody that contained statements such as "Verily, let the noble variable N be assigned the value known as one". N.