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- From: JTNB69A@prodigy.com (Well Howell)
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- Subject: Re: PL/I and C
- Date: 24 Feb 1996 02:30:50 GMT
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- Thought I also heard some longing for PL/I move-mode input where we
- could
- zip thru a file of blocked records looking for all the record type 2's
- and 5's,
- then moving only selected fields from the two different record structures
- into
- the wonderful new type 'x' record (by name if you please).
-
- I'm also thankful I don't see FIXED DECIMAL(5) or packed fields any more -
- -
- would take me a while in C (a while to find where I last did the
- conversion).
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- Always thought that COBOL lost and PL/I -- must be something I don't C.
-
- Well
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