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> since you appear to be of the opinion that Musk was somehow indicating a useful fact of some kind, No but I am glad he took action to fix it. The Cobol 150
by monkeyelite 1y ago
> since you appear to be of the opinion that Musk was somehow indicating a useful fact of some kind,
No but I am glad he took action to fix it.
The Cobol 150 year thing is also incorrect and was widely criticized in tech circles: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/31288/did-missing-corrupt-dates-in-cobol-default-to-1875-05-20 https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/31288/did...
- zzzeek 1y agoMusk wasn't criticizing COBOL he was criticizing a specific thing he misunderstood in social security code which people in that thread said as much. I think you're trying to see something you want to see there.