>>> On 3/31/2008 at 8:40 PM, in message
<c463v3p7pdl8dc6dl5seo7j6u0mfrev3qr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Robert<no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In 1973 everything (except files) was fixed length. We used fixed length
> strings, numbers,
> arrays, records and blocks in files. Now, outside Cobol, most things are
> variable length.
> The next Cobol standard proposes adding 'any length' data items and
> arrays. The Old Guard
> are opposed.
Is anyone here a member of this Old Guard that is opposed to variable
length
strings? I certainly am not. I would love them.
Frank
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