Programmers' Day
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Programmers' Day (Russian: День программи́ста) is an official professional holiday in Russia, celebrated on the 256th day of each year (September 13 during common years and on September 12 on leap years).[1][2]
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[edit] History
This particular day was proposed by Valentin Balt, an employee of Parallel Technologies web design company. As early as 2002 he tried to gather signatures for a petition to the Government of Russia to recognize the day as the official programmers' day.[3]
On July 24, 2009, the Ministry of Mass Communications of Russia issued a draft of an executive order on a new professional holiday, Programmers' Day.[4][5]
On September 11, 2009, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed the decree.[6][2]
[edit] Celebration
The number 256 (28) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte—a number that is typically very well known to programmers.[7] Also, '256' in hexadecimal is '100' ('0x100'), and it's the highest power of two that is lower than 365 (the number of days in a year).
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[edit] References
- ^ Decree #1034
- ^ a b "Dmitry Medvedev issued an executive order establishing a new professional holiday, Programmers' Day.". Kremlin.ru. 2009-09-12. http://eng.kremlin.ru/text/news/2009/09/221572.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-12. "Programmers' Day will be celebrated on the 256th day of each year, that is on September 13 or 12 depending on whether the year is a leap year."
- ^ «Праздник 256-го дня»
- ^ «У программистов может появиться свой официальный праздник»
- ^ http://www.kommersant.ru/news.aspx?DocsID=1210696
- ^ Президент России подписал указ об утверждении Дня программиста
- ^ http://minkomsvjaz.ru/news/xPages/entry.9025.html
[edit] Sources
- Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №1034 от 11 сентября 2009 г. «О дне программиста». Вступил в силу 11 сентября 2009 г.. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №172, 15 сентября 2009 г.. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #1034 of September 11, 2009 On Programmers' Day. Effective as of September 11, 2009).
