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  2. From: Larry Weiss <lfw@iadfw.net>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: off-topic subject:  Leap Years
  5. Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:13:18 -0600
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  15. Ron Charlton wrote:
  16.  > 
  17.  > We are now making the same mistake when we "simplify" the leap year
  18.  > calculation.  Why not just do it correctly now?  If the rules change
  19.  > then at least future programmers won't be damning us for our laziness.
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  22. Great point!   There also seems to be a tacit assumption that all logic in all
  23. programs revolve around the present date.    That's a poor assumption in
  24. general.    And now back to "C"...
  25.