An 8 bit signed integer would work for a while (exactly 27 more versions of Chrome), just like a quick and dirty solution to 2 digit year dates was to consider that any date whose year was under 50 would in the 2000's and that from 50 onwards meant it was in the 1900's - it brought its own problems with it but got into numerous programs anyway (even on some Y2K 'solutions')
Biting the hand that feeds IT
