I agree although I don't see a problem with using sla_DAT for the first
cut to get something working.
Tim
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Patrick Wallace wrote:
> Norman,
>
>
> One thing I meant to discuss with you is the issue of leap seconds and
> sla_DAT. It's actually rather a bad idea to use sla_DAT in an operational
> system because it relies on having an up to date SLALIB (n.b. may be a
> scarce commodity after March 2004) and remembering to relink.
>
> The right way is to use some application-specific mechanism, say an entry
> in a configuration file if there is one, and use sla_DAT to check that the
> mechanism is working correctly. Someone has to remember what to do each
> time there's a leap second of course, but at least relinking can be
> avoided.
>
>
> Patrick Wallace
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