On May 9, 5:14 pm, "William M. Klein" <wmkl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> NO - as stated by several responders. RM does NOT support free form
reference
> format.
Bill is correct; RM/COBOL does not support free-form reference
format.
HOWEVER, RM/COBOL no longer requires the column 72 boundary. Using an
IMP (implementor) compiler directive, the R margin (originally column
72) may be set at any value, or may be set to 'end of record' thereby
eliminating any columns to the right of margin R. (One may also use a
configuration file directive to set the R margin.)
RM/COBOL also has the *> 'inline comment' capability.
Starting with the next release, the 'identification area' (columns to
the right of margin R) may be used for conditional compilation.
Tom Morrison
Liant Software Corporation
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