[Coco] OT: End of the world - Calendar program

[Aaron Banerjee]

I've actually met people of Mayan descent in the past, but don't have  
any contacts any more.  I was hoping the world wouldn't end before I  
could celebrate my 30th year as a Coconut (1982) when I got my first  
computer on Christmas day...

Seriously, I'm surprised that calendar worked as long as it did.  Ours  
didn't last anywhere near as long before we needed leap years/minutes/ 
seconds, or other adjustments.

To keep this Coco, I was thinking of writing a calendar program for  
those who use lunar calendars (Hindu, Jewish, Islam, Chinese) to keep  
track of your holidays, etc.  There would be a free version for the  
Coco.  I've got a few of these calendars figured out, but might need  
some help with others.

      - Aaron

On Dec 20, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Marc Charbonneau wrote:

> What I've read is that they thought the world was working in cycles.  
> So
> this cycle will end, then the gods will create a better world, like
> starting over and improving it. Not sure if we'll all die at the end  
> of the
> cycle.
>
> In any case, I am on vacation in Jamaica until Saturday, so if it's  
> really
> the end, I'm finishing it in paradise :c)
>
> Hope to see you all in the next cycle !
> On Dec 20, 2012 7:11 PM, "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> You'd have to wonder what reasons the Mayans had for making this
>> prediction?
>>
>> My impression is that the calendar simply ended, without the Mayans
>> having predicted anything particular being associated with that.
>>
>> Art
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