[LEAPSECS] a modest proposal

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Sat Feb 9 23:58:58 EST 2008


Steve Allen scripsit:


> Can we identify and enumerate them?


Probably not, but we can characterize them: viz. Windows systems. Windows
does not use zoneinfo, nor is it (in the ordinary sense) Posix compliant.

If you use the term "modest proposal", you have to expect that you will
be seen as a satirist: see http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html .

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