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Subject:Re: nein, nein, nein, nein
From:L&A Johnson
Date:Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:33:26 -0400
Chuck Mathis wrote:

> Another media hype -- September 9, 1999 in every language I've studied is
> 090999 not 9999.<snip>

Chuck, you are correct if the field was six alpha bytes "090999" but in the 70's
when space was tight, the field would most likely would have been four hex bytes
#9999. In the '70s we wrote mostly in macro assembler because space was precious
and COLOL, PL/1 and FORTRAN where hogs. I am afraid that assembler languages
probably predate your studies.

Larry