Talk:Programmer's Day

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This article was voted for deletion twice: in 2004 and in 2006. Dzied Bulbash (talk) 00:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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I haven't received a gift, and apparently nobody but programers who visit wiki know about this holiday, which represent about 0.000000000....(256 0's)2 percent of the human population. Programmer's Day isn't real, delete this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.135.17.66 (talk) 20:51, 12 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

So because you don't have it, it isn't real? By your logic I don't think Florida is real! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1B8:10:14:0:0:0:FEED (talk) 08:59, 13 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Statement on article: "The number 256 (2^8) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers"

An unsigned 8-bit value can go as high as 255. For 256 to be represented one needs 9 bits. It can however hold 256 values (0 - 255).

I don't know whether the mentioned statement was meant as is. If it indeed meant to pick the highest power of 2 below 365, then okay, 256 makes sense -- but in this case, mentioning the 8-bit value is wrong (as 256 takes 9 bits). If the purpose however was to pick the highest representation on an 8-bit value, then it should have been 255, or at least mention that 'as we don't have day 0 out of a year, we assume all values are shifted by 1 and we get 256 instead of 255' -- no idea how you guys wanna make up for it, but the article should indeed be edited to reflect whatever the motivation was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.181.152.211 (talk) 13:59, 13 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

• Its a mixed can of worms - often in counting, computers use 0..n-1 vs 1..n, and the programmer makes the necessary conversion of +1 when displaying it. So to non-programmers, 255 would be displayed as 256.159.153.129.39 (talk) 14:30, 13 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Yeah... that doesn't remedy what the original statement says. If that is indeed the rationale, it should be said so. Stating that 256 can be represented by 8 bits is wrong. 89.181.152.211 (talk) 00:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

The original statement that you quote ("The number 256 (2^8) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers") is correct: an n-bit sequence can represent 2^n distinct values. I'm not sure where you see that "256 can be represented by 8 bits". And even that statement is not incorrect (although it would require additional explanation), since interpretation of bit strings is another matter (the statement doesn't imply an unsigned char in C, for example). Кирилл Булыгин (talk) 16:04, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

In the article is stated that on September 11, 2009 an executive order on a new professional holiday celebrating the Programmers' Day was signed. On the other hand, I see no sign of it among the Public holidays in Russia. Can someone verify the russian references about it, please? --Soujak (talk) 11:34, 21 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

• It's a secular holdiay with working day. 91.224.103.48 (talk) 05:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

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I undid this edit, as it gave no sources and was from an unknown editor. Please find some sources for this before adding more countries. An Owl Called Josh 🦉 (talk) 19:50, 11 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Chinese Programmer's Day is 10.24 every year, and does not have a leap year issue.

Oct. 24th is stand for 1024, that is 2^10.

@Alex.sagittarius Hi, Many other nations (apart Russia) celebrate this day as programmer's day, so it is an international day:

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-programmers-day-256th-day-of-the-year/

says it is international (not local). Hooman Mallahzadeh (talk) 08:07, 13 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

What’s the site? I don't know this site

In Wiki Dates 7th January

https://www.wikidates.org/holiday/international-programmers-day_116.html

How many countries approved by decree? 1. Alex.sagittarius (talk) 08:17, 13 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Alex.sagittarius At the top URL is quoted

It is celebrated every year on the 256th day;

I, my self, added days from January to September 13, this addition implies that the correct 256th day at least in Gregorian calendar is "September 13". How and why that URL computed 256th day of year as January 7th? Hooman Mallahzadeh (talk) 08:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Brazil has something a bit similar: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_do_Profissional_de_Inform%C3%A1tica Syced (talk) 02:17, 13 October 2023 (UTC)Reply