Re: Telling time (wasRe: The English/French counting system (WAS:number systems fromconlangs))

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Eh, losing a day every century or so is no big loss in my opinion.  The
> Gregorian calendar is far too complex for the minor advantage it has
> over Julian, IMO.  They should've stayed with Julian.
The real issue was the matter of Easter.  It's symbolically important
that Easter remain a spring festival and not drift slowly into winter:
Pope Gregory's reform was an attempt to correct an alarming trend,
not surgery for an immediate and overwhelming problem.

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