Re: [svlug] February 30th 2000

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

In message <[e-mail]>, "Michael H. 
Warfield" w
rites:
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| On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 07:58:46PM -0500, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
| 	[...]
| > | February has 29 days when "year % 4 = 0", except when "year % 100 = 0" an
| d
| > | NOT when "year % 400 = 0".
| 
| > ...in which case February ends on the 28th as usual.  What is so difficult 
| > to understand about "not a leap year"?
| 
| 	I think you failed to parse the double negative.  He's saying not
| a leap year when "year % 100 == 0" and is a leap year (he means NOT the
| "except") when "year % 400", so February ends on the 29th.
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Actually, I was referring to the whole general scheme, and the correct 
comment should have been "what is so difficult to understand about `(not a) 
leap year'?".  Point being that it's not necessary to envision double leap 
years, etc. when no such are ever mentioned.

I'm really starting to wonder about people's ability to read for 
comprehension.

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