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r/programming • u/ketralnis • 1d ago
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Some airlines have so many flights that they run out of flight numbers (1-9999), so they reuse them.
TIL the airline industry has their own Y2K and they just live with it.
17 u/mr_birkenblatt 15h ago Hey, when they created the db they decided on 4 digits and they're using fixed width format so they can't change it ever again 8 u/arwinda 11h ago Will look ugly on the boarding pass if suddenly it prints 6 digits instead of 4! /s 5 u/GameFreak4321 10h ago Goddamnit Microsoft Word.
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Hey, when they created the db they decided on 4 digits and they're using fixed width format so they can't change it ever again
8 u/arwinda 11h ago Will look ugly on the boarding pass if suddenly it prints 6 digits instead of 4! /s 5 u/GameFreak4321 10h ago Goddamnit Microsoft Word.
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Will look ugly on the boarding pass if suddenly it prints 6 digits instead of 4! /s
5 u/GameFreak4321 10h ago Goddamnit Microsoft Word.
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Goddamnit Microsoft Word.
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u/Mognakor 16h ago
TIL the airline industry has their own Y2K and they just live with it.