Re: Beware survival bias
"it was built out of the best materials available and with the most precise mechanical engineering at the time of construction."
It was also built for a simple task. Add a perpetual calendar and day of week function and either (a) you have to be able to set d-o-w independently of the calendar or (b) you have to build in the correct leap year algorithm or (c) it goes out of kilter on 2100-03-01.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
