On 02 Nov 2009 09:08:18 -0800, Patrick Scheible <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sort order would be different - will that matter? > >Yes, there are probably some programs for which it does. Those that >do will have to convert Unicode to EBCDIC and probably convert back >again to do their final output. Or be rewritten completely. I have modified programs when our IBM mainframe shop moved from DOS to OS and the default sign in unsigned numbers changed, so that comparing old data still worked. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
