In a message dated 6/26/2005 1:31:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Working as consultant (sometimes to reorganize and clean some env.) I noticed that "They have standards, no doubt. They use ANY OF THEM. Concurrently." >> As a vendor, they often time got boxed in and either broke the standard or made the customer angry. So they came out with "IBM Extensions". COBOL was the worst, but other HLLs did it too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
