This fact allows programmers to push back the clock 28 years--back to the 1970s! If a computer is programmed to add 28 years before producing any output, the result is all the same to the user, who is blissfully unaware of the hoops the computer has just jumped through.
等電腦內部按正常方式進行各種計算排序後，又再加上二十八後才輸出，因此使用的人不會發覺電腦暗藏的「返老還童」把戲。