And this is a little different from what happened ten or so years ago, but the so-called Y2K problem was essentially the result of programmers not really having the foresight to realize, "Maybe we shouldn't use so few bits or so few digits to represent a year because eventually this will be a problem."

这个跟10年前发生的事情有点不一样,那个所谓的“Y2K“问题,本质上的结果是,程序员没有真实地预见和认识到，“可能我们没必要用到这些位数或数字,来表示一年，但是最终这个将会,是个问题“

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