[FWP] Perl is guilty of all things Y2K!!

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

This on CNN:
	http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/24/web.y2k.idg/index.html

Y2K "specialist" Joceleyn Amon looked for Y2K problems "on the web";
here's what she has to say about a certain programming language:

	"One of the most vocal programming groups who resent any
	mention of Y2K on their newsgroup are developers using the
	Perl programming language," she said.

Reading between the lines, it appears that Amon may have read
production Perl code on the web:

	"We rarely have our code reviewed by our peers, not even, it
	seems, when it is published on the Web for all to see," she
	says.

Of course, it's hard to understand how you could read the Perl code
(presumably written for the CGI) on a well-designed webpage.  Perhaps
this has some correlation with her findings regarding the "Y19.1K
bug".

There is also something called a "booby trap" bug!  And many people
(probably some of them Perl programmers) dispute its existence!!

The only logical solution is not to surf to any Perl-driven web sites
come 1/1/00; who knows WHAT might happen if you're looking at
http://www.perl.com/ come midnight!

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