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Would it be possible to create a system that’s backwards compatible but costs something reasonable?
by simplecomplex 8y ago
Would it be possible to create a system that’s backwards compatible but costs something reasonable?
- URSpider94 8y agoIn a word, no. It’s the equivalent of IP space - it’s a fixed format (a subset of the EAN/UPC format) with a finite number of entries, and it’s a unique key, so there has to be a single issuing party.
- amelius 8y agoProbably not. I suspect all the library information systems have been hardcoded for a fixed number of digits. It resembles the Y2K problem, or the IPv4 problem.