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And this article makes it also perfectly understandable why software in those days would store years as '85' instead of '1985'.
by Luyt 16y ago
And this article makes it also perfectly understandable why software in those days would store years as '85' instead of '1985'.
- MichaelGG 16y agoIt just leaves me wondering, if space was so important, why represent numbers as character data/BCD? I'm assuming it must have been some holdover from punchcards or some other input format?