i think years 1-99 should be called the 0th Century. this will improve everything date related
@whitequark "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs."
@niconiconi @whitequark In my head I read this as "... their hundred programs", and was puzzled for a moment!
@niconiconi @whitequark imagine how long their strings were
@niconiconi @whitequark Archaeologists are still trying to reproduce their first five editors by reverse engineering their sixth editor #vi .
@niconiconi @whitequark C++, or as the Romans called it, 101.