IMHO the right place for the sequence numbers is 1970. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Any real need for sequence numbers in 73-80 any more? On 2017-12-12, at 15:41:37, Seymour J Metz wrote: > The obvious way to support RECFM=VB is for the first 8 columns after the RDW to be the sequence number. > Obvious, and obviously wrong. That's just a RECFM=VB image of a deck of punched cards with none of the flexibility of variable length. -- gil
