Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time
by jstanley on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:50AM
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But the point is that programmers are less likely to believe these things than ordinary people are.
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time
by edflsafoiewq on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:59AM
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The point is these are falsehoods whose belief can affect a programmer's work when they get embedded into the systems they create. The point is to correct yourself, not tu quoque your brother.
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time
by xboxnolifes on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:51AM
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By putting the intended audience in the title, you grab their attention more.
It's clickbait.
Computerphile managed a much better title[1]: The Problem with Time & Timezones
A "(for programmers)" could be appended if needed.
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time
by xboxnolifes on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:49PM
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Its not click bait, the contents are what the title claim to be.
Unless you work all day on time-related software, you'll probably never encounter most of these quirks.
Humans don't write in BNF. We expect, rightly or wrongly, for other humans to use Postel's law to interpret what we mean.