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Re:Ask HN: Was the Y2K crisis real? by theremightbe on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:42PM (#22559496)
It was also a big problem for Medical records as well right? I recall hearing that there was a lot of work around making sure that immunization records and things like that were accurately converted.
Re:Ask HN: Was the Y2K crisis real? by protomyth on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:45PM (#22559542)
Yeah. I seem to remember some MUMPS people talking about stuff they were having to do. I programmed Perl at the time, and MUMPS made no sense to me (it looked like line noise), but they loved it.