[LEAPSECS] Simplicity

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Wed Mar 9 14:50:50 EST 2011


Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:


> In the field of "making stuff work" it's important that the protocol for any exception or failure scenario is as simple as possible.


Indeed:

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.81.html#subj9.1


> Leap seconds sound simple; but they aren't.


The cessation of leap seconds sounds simple; but it isn't.

Rob



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